OSX Terminal Notifier
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Excellent third party tool called terminal-notifier, can post alerts and messages to Notification Center directly from the command line.
Install
Assuming you have ruby on the Mac, you can easily install terminal-notifier using gem:
$ sudo gem install terminal-notifier
Usage
Once installed, using the command at it’s most basic core is as follows:
$ terminal-notifier -message "Hello, this is my message" -title "Message Title" -sender "com.apple.terminal"
Please note: The sender is required.
To see help:
$ terminal-notifier -help
Alternatives
A more powerful tool is cocoaDialog. However installation and usage is more complex.
See also
- OSX-daily, Terminal Notifier.