How can I use the in-built function alert in Gnome Schedule?

Question

I want to access the alert function in Gnome Schedule.

I can run alert from my default Bash command-line but receive the following error in Gnome Schedule:

/tmp/tmpxi4X16: line 1: alert: command not found
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The following screenshot illustrates the problem. The visible notification comes from the right terminal window. The left terminal window is the result of me manually running the recurrent task Mackup in Gnome Schedule.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 21 '16 at 14:49

If you look into your ~/.bashrc file youll find the alias which defines alert.

# Add an "alert" alias for long running commands.  Use like so:
#   sleep 10; alert
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$//'\'')"'

Example: Try as input in your manual terminal:

notify-send "Hello World!"

How can I use the in-built function alert in Gnome Schedule?

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