Small convenience function to notify when a long running command finishes

shout.sh

# small convenience function to notify when a long running command finishes
#
# usage:
#     shout [full command with arguments and whatnot]
#
# eg. shout sudo apt update
#

function shout {

        cmd=$@

        (( eval $cmd ) && notify-send -i dialog-information "Command successful" "\"$cmd\"" )
                       || ( notify-send -i dialog-error "Command error!" "\"$cmd\"" )
}