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You will need libnotify-bin for this to work:
sudo aptitude install libnotify-bin
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thats a pretty nice command. thanks!
I would add that notify-send only executes if first commands exits with success code. Alternatively, you could account for the job failed case by adding || notify-send "Job Failed"
or use really-long-job.sh; notify-send "command exited" for any exit status (noted from another command seen here)