Get notified when a build (Maven or similar) is finished on your local machine (Mac OS X)

For large projects, local builds can take a lot (more than 10 minutes).

During this time, you normally switch to another task or simply get stuck in social media.

If you use a bash console to run Maven or similar tools, this simple trick can save you some minutes a day.

• Install this:
  
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  brew install terminal-notifier

  1	brew install terminal-notifier

  
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• Add this alias to your .bash_profile:
  
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  alias nwd='echo "Process terminated" | terminal-notifier -sound default'

  1	alias nwd='echo "Process terminated" | terminal-notifier -sound default'

  
  nwd stands for Notify When Done.
• Append “; nwd” to each build command. e.g. :
  
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  mvn clean install ; nwd gulp build ; nwd gradle build ; nwd

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  mvn clean install ; nwd gulp build ; nwd gradle build ; nwd

When the build will be finished, you will be notified with a pop up and go back to the task:

The trick can be easily emulated on others OS. Ubuntu, for example, has the built in “notify-send” to send notifications from the terminal.