Need a 5-minute count-down timer in the terminal?
$ sleep $(( 60 * 5)) ; play ding.wav
(or whatever notification you want like inotify or mpg123 or xeyes(1) etc). If you run a BSD that respects SIGINFO, you can even see how much time has elapsed.
Need a stopwatch instead?
$ time cat
Use control+d to stop. Again, access to SIGINFO can give you a lap-timer for free.
Tim Chase /
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2024-12-30 21:12:30
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