#!/usr/bin/ruby bpm = Integer(ARGV[0]) rescue 60 # sets BPM by the first command line argument, set to 60 if none provided msr = Integer(ARGV[1]) rescue 4 # sets number of beats in a measure by the second command line argument, set to 4 if none provided i = 0 loop do (msr-1).times do puts "\a" sleep(60.0/bpm) end puts "\aAND #{i += 1}" sleep(60.0/bpm) end