bin/boop: Add "-x"option to notify only when COMMAND fails

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/bin/boop b/bin/boop
index 546c95c..c9e6ff7 100755
--- a/bin/boop
+++ b/bin/boop
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ help() {
 		  -m MESSAGE    text message of the desktop
 		                notification (default: COMMAND)
 		  -n            don't play any sound
+		  -x            only notify when COMMAND fails
 		  -h, --help    show this message
 
 		  COMMAND       the commands to be executed
@@ -51,7 +52,8 @@ for flag in "$@"; do
 done
 
 SOUND=-s
-while getopts 'm:nh' flag; do
+SILENT=false
+while getopts 'm:nxh' flag; do
 	case "$flag" in
 		m)
 			MESSAGE="$OPTARG"
@@ -59,6 +61,9 @@ while getopts 'm:nh' flag; do
 		n)
 			SOUND=
 			;;
+		x)
+			SILENT=true
+			;;
 		h)
 			usage
 			help
@@ -73,6 +78,8 @@ done
 shift $((OPTIND - 1))
 
 
+CMD="$*"
+
 set +e
 "$@"
 STATUS=$?
@@ -84,7 +91,8 @@ else
 	N=1
 fi
 
-CMD="$*"
-msg -"$N" -b $SOUND  -D "${MESSAGE:-$CMD}"
+if [ "$N" = 1 ] || [ "$SILENT" = false ]; then
+	msg -"$N" -b $SOUND  -D "${MESSAGE:-$CMD}"
+fi
 
 exit "$STATUS"