## vim:ft=zsh
## Countdown to a specific date/time
## Usage: countdown <string understood by 'date -d'>
## Copyright (C) 2008 by Daniel Friesel <derf@derf.homelinux.org>
## License: WTFPL <http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl>

autoload check_com
typeset -i beep=0
typeset -i seconds

if check_com beep; then
	beep=1
fi

while true; do
	seconds=$[$(date -d "$*" +%s)-$(date +%s)]
	echo -n $seconds
	if (( seconds <= 0 )) {
		(( beep )) && beep || echo -ne "\a"
	}
	sleep 1
	echo -ne "\r\e[2K"
done