cheat sheets.

Some quick & dirty notifications (for OS X):

For more info: http://www.elctech.com/2007/12/21/notify-me-when-done

$ cmd; say "Don't care how it finished, but it did"
$ cmd && say "Success!"
$ (cmd && say "Success") || say "Failed"

Example:
$ mysql app_dev < dump.sql && say "Finished importing"


Quicksilver:
$ cmd; osascript -e 'tell application "Quicksilver" to show large type
"Finished!"'

Growl:
$ cmd; growlnotify -s -m "Done"

Note: If you are using Leopard, there's a bug with growlnotify as of version
1.1.2 (*fixed in 1.1.3) that prevents growlnotify from working consistently.
However, there's an easy workaround.

    * Open up the Growl preference pane and select the Network tab.
    * Click to enable "Listen for incoming notifications".
    * Now when you run growlnotify, add the "-H localhost" option.

$ cmd && growlnotify -s -H localhost -m "Success"

If you are using wmii, you can have it change your tag when it is done

$ cmd && wmiir xwrite /lbar/tagname "*tagname"