+alarm script in python for hour-based alarms via notify-send

Scripts/.local/scripts/alarm

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from time import time, sleep
+from sys import argv
+from subprocess import run
+
+
+name = "Alarm"
+duration = 1
+
+if (len(argv) > 1):
+    duration = float(argv[1])
+if (len(argv) > 2):
+    name = argv[2]
+
+duration *= 3600
+
+print("Starting alarm '%s'" % name, "of duration %ds" % duration)
+
+current = time()
+end = current + duration
+
+while (time() <= end):
+    sleep(1)
+
+run(["notify-send", f"Alarm {name} complete"])