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This is a simple skeleton of a bash countdown script. The script takes two arguments . Here are some examples of its usage:

• countdown time to 90 minutes from now:

./bash-countdown.sh -m 90

• countdown time to 23.3.2036 from now:

./bash-countdown.sh -d "Mar 23 2036"

• countdown time to 21:06 from now:

./bash-countdown.sh -d 21:06

• countdown time to 21:06:45 from now:

./bash-countdown.sh -d 21:06:45

Feel free to modify this script according to your needs:

bash-countdown.sh :

#!/bin/bash 
 
if ["$#" -lt "2" ] ; then 
echo"Incorrect usage ! Example:" 
echo'./countdown.sh -d  "Jun 10 2011 16:06"' 
echo'or' 
echo'./countdown.sh -m  90' 
exit 1 
fi 
 
now=`date +%s` 
 
if ["$1" = "-d" ] ; then 
until=`date -d "$2" +%s` 
sec_rem=`expr$until - $now` 
echo"-d" 
if [$sec_rem -lt 1 ]; then 
echo"$2 is already history !" 
fi 
fi 
 
if ["$1" = "-m" ] ; then 
until=`expr 60 \*$2` 
until=`expr$until + $now` 
sec_rem=`expr$until - $now` 
echo"-m" 
if [$sec_rem -lt 1 ]; then 
echo"$2 is already history !" 
fi 
fi 
 
 
while [$sec_rem -gt 0 ]; do 
clear 
date 
letsec_rem=$sec_rem-1 
interval=$sec_rem 
seconds=`expr$interval % 60` 
interval=`expr$interval - $seconds` 
minutes=`expr$interval % 3600 / 60` 
interval=`expr$interval - $minutes` 
hours=`expr$interval % 86400 / 3600` 
interval=`expr$interval - $hours` 
days=`expr$interval % 604800 / 86400` 
interval=`expr$interval - $hours` 
weeks=`expr$interval / 604800` 
echo"----------------------------" 
echo"Seconds: "$seconds 
echo"Minutes: "$minutes 
echo"Hours:   "$hours 
echo"Days:    "$days 
echo"Weeks:   "$weeks 
sleep 1 
done 

Do not forget to make bash-countdown.sh script executable before execution:

$ chmod +x bash-countdown.sh

Exectute:

./bash-countdown.sh -d 22:34

Output:

Fri Jun 11 20:55:19 EST 2010
----------------------------
Seconds:  40
Minutes:  38
Hours:    1
Days:     0
Weeks:    0