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shellmind

Shellmind (shell reminder) is a simple Bash script that you can use to remind yourself to do something on a recurring basis.

Installation

Here is an example of how to set up the script to remind yourself to perform system updates every 30 days:

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install -DTv <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dmotte/misc/main/scripts/shellmind/main.sh) ~/.shellmind/main.sh

cat << 'EOF' >> ~/.shellmind/message.txt
Kind reminder to keep your system up-to-date! Please do the following:
- Run "sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade" (or do the equivalent via the system UI)
- Run "touch ~/.shellmind/main.sh" (to reschedule this reminder)
EOF

echo "~/.shellmind/main.sh $((30*24*60*60))" >> ~/.bashrc