A rewrite of notify-log.

.local/bin/notify-log

@@ -2,10 +2,40 @@
 
 logfile=$1
 
-dbus-monitor "interface='org.freedesktop.Notifications'" |\
-grep --line-buffered "string" |\
-grep --line-buffered -e method -e ":" -e '""' -e urgency -e notify -v |\
-grep --line-buffered '.*(?=string)|(?<=string).*' -oPi |\
-grep --line-buffered -v "sender-pid" |\
-grep --line-buffered -v '^\s*$' |\
-xargs -I '{}' echo {} >> "$logfile"
+declare -a MSGBUF
+STATE=off
+MSGTIME=
+
+printbuf() {
+  JOINED=$( echo "${MSGBUF[@]}" | sed 's/,$//' )
+  printf "%s\n%s\n" "--- ${MSGTIME} ---" "${JOINED}"
+}
+
+procmsg() {
+  if [[ "${1}" =~ member=Notify$ ]]; then
+    STATE=on
+    MSGTIME=$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
+    MSGBUF=()
+  elif [[ "${1}" =~ member=NotificationClosed$ ]]; then
+    STATE=off
+    printbuf
+  else
+   if [[ "${STATE}" == "on" ]]; then
+      if [[ "${1}" =~ ^string ]]; then
+        case "${1}" in
+          "string \"\"") ;;
+          "string \"urgency\"") ;;
+          "string \"sender-pid\"") ;;
+          *)
+            MSGBUF+=$( echo -n "${1}," )
+          ;;
+        esac
+      fi
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
+dbus-monitor "interface='org.freedesktop.Notifications'" | \
+    while read -r line; do
+      procmsg "$line" >> "$logfile"
+    done