#!/bin/sh min="$1" [ "$1" ] && shift printf "notify-send -u critical %s; bell" "$(/usr/bin/printf '%q ' "${@:-alarm}")" | at now + "${min:-0}" minutes && [ "$min" ] && [ "$min" -ne 0 ] && notify-send "Successfully Scheduled" # at used to not like string like 'Boiling Water!', don't know why now it works, if see similar issue, use following codes #at now + "$1" minutes << EOF && notify-send 'Successfully Scheduled' #notify-send -u critical "${2:-alarm}" #bell #EOF