Separating the first part of a list and the `alert` part with && (or any of the doubled control operators) will result the second character to be printed in the body of the message. Adding the asterisk after the [;&|] bracket expression fixes it.
alias alert='notify-send --urgency=low -i "$([ $? = 0 ] && echo terminal || echo error)" "$(history|tail -n1|sed -e '\''s/^\s*[0-9]\+\s*//;s/[;&|]*\s*alert$//'\'')"'
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: bash 5.0-6ubuntu1.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-40.44~20.04.2-generic 5.11.22 Uname: Linux 5.11.0-40-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.21 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Fri Dec 3 16:56:21 2021 InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-05-17 (200 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 20.04.2.0 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20210209.1) SourcePackage: bash UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Separating the first part of a list and the `alert` part with && (or any of the doubled control operators) will result the second character to be printed in the body of the message. Adding the asterisk after the [;&|] bracket expression fixes it.
alias alert='notify-send --urgency=low -i "$([ $? = 0 ] && echo terminal || echo error)" "$(history|tail -n1|sed -e '\''s/^ \s*[0-9] \+\s*// ;s/[;&| ]*\s*alert$ //'\'') "'
ProblemType: Bug ature: Ubuntu 5.11.0- 40.44~20. 04.2-generic 5.11.22 0ubuntu27. 21 esult: skip
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: bash 5.0-6ubuntu1.1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 5.11.0-40-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckR
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Fri Dec 3 16:56:21 2021
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-05-17 (200 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 20.04.2.0 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20210209.1)
SourcePackage: bash
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)