#!/bin/bash
s='[7:38:06 PM] [semantic-release] › ℹ  Running semantic-release version 17.1.2
[7:38:09 PM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Published release 1.0.7 on default channel'
sed -n 's/.*Published release \([^ ]*\).*/\1/p' <<< "$s"