AutoCMD

A simple program that issues a command a certain amount of times with a given interval.

Usage

autocmd [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] --interval <interval> [--] <command>...

With the command to issue.

Available flags:

-h, --help            Prints help information
-o, --print_output    Show the chosen command outputs in the standard output (dosen't cancel --quiet)
-q, --quiet           Disable AutoCMD standard outputs (doesn't cancel --print_output)
-V, --version         Prints version information

Available options:

-i, --interval <interval>    Interval between commands in seconds
-r, --repeat <repeats>       Repeat <repeats> times and stop

Note that if repeat option is not provided the program shall run indefinitely.

I personally sometimes use it like so:

$ autocmd -i 300 -- cvlc --play-and-stop --play-and-exit --quiet notif.wav

To indefinitely play a sound every 5 minutes with cvlc.

Build

This program is written in Rust. As such, you can simply build it with cargo:

$ cargo build --release

The autocmd program shall be found in the folder ./target/release.