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notify-send − a program to send desktop notifications
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notify−send [OPTIONS] {summary} [body] |
With notify−send you can send desktop notifications to the user via a notification daemon from the command line. These notifications can be used to inform the user about an event or display some form of information without getting in the user’s way.
−?, −−help
Show help and exit.
−u, −−urgency=LEVEL
Specifies the urgency level (low, normal, critical).
−t, −−expire−time=TIME
The duration, in milliseconds, for the notification to appear on screen.
(Ubuntu's Notify OSD and GNOME Shell both ignore this parameter.)
−i, −−icon=ICON[,ICON...]
Specifies an icon filename or stock icon to display.
−c, −−category=TYPE[,TYPE...]
Specifies the notification category.
−h, −−hint=TYPE:NAME:VALUE
Specifies basic extra data to pass. Valid types are INT, DOUBLE, STRING and BYTE.
The Desktop Notification Spec on http://www.galago−project.org/specs/notification/.
Andre Filipe de Assuncao e Brito <decko@noisemakers.org>
Original author
Paul van Tilburg <paulvt@debian.org>
Original author
Riccardo Setti <giskard@debian.org>
Original author