murtaza-u / countdown

Countdown timer built in Go

Countdown timer built in Go

Build

1. Install go

2. Build from source

$ git clone https://github.com/Murtaza-Udaipurwala/countdown
$ cd countdown
$ make PREFIX=~/.local install

Usage

1. Help

$ ./countdown -h

2. Simple stopwatch

$ ./countdown

3. Countdown timer

$ ./countdown -s 10 # start a countdown timer for 10 seconds

$ ./countdown -m 10 # start a countdown timer for 10 minutes

$ ./countdown -h 1 -m 39 -s 18 # start a countdown timer for 1 hour, 39 minutes and 18 seconds

4. Colors

$ ./countdown -c # enable colorful output. To be used in conjuction with any flag

Wrapper script

#!/bin/sh

hidecursor() {
    if type setterm >/dev/null 2>&1; then
        setterm --cursor off
    fi
}

showcursor() {
    if type setterm >/dev/null 2>&1; then
        setterm --cursor on
    fi
}

clear
hidecursor
trap 'showcursor' 2
countdown "$@"
showcursor