Display Piped Data Sound Osx

Use echo and terminal-notifier to display a message and play a sound notification on macOS.

Terminal

echo '<Piped Message Data!>' | terminal-notifier -sound <default>

echo '<Piped Message Data!>' | terminal-notifier -sound <default>

#!/bin/bash

# Display Piped Data Sound Osx
echo '{{Piped Message Data!}}' | terminal-notifier -sound {{default}}

When To Use

Use this command to notify users with a sound alert on macOS.

Command Builder

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Generated Command

echo '<Piped Message Data!>' | terminal-notifier -sound <default>

Terminal Output

Simulated preview

Output

Notification: Piped Message Data!
Sound: Default notification sound played.

Command Breakdown

echo: Base Command; The executable that performs this operation. Here it runs Echo before the shell applies any redirect operators.
<Piped Message Data!>: Piped Message Data!; The value supplied for Piped Message Data!.
<default>: default; The value supplied for default.
-sound: Command Option; Tool-specific option used by this command invocation.

How To Run

Step 1
Open your terminal.
Step 2
Run the command: echo '{{Piped Message Data!}}' | terminal-notifier -sound {{default}}.
Step 3
Check for the notification and sound alert on your macOS.

Alternative Approaches

Alternative audio processing tools for the same job.