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dunstify
2024-12-03

dunstify - a program to send desktop notifications

NAME

dunstify - a program to send desktop notifications

SYNOPSIS

dunstify [OPTION...] SUMMARY [BODY]

DESCRIPTION

Dunstify is a notify-send alternative that can be used to send desktop notifications from the command line.

OPTIONS

-?, --help

Show help options.

-a, --appname=NAME

Set the app name of the notification.

-u, --urgency=URG

Set the urgency level (low, normal, critical) of the notification.

-h, --hints=HINT

Specifies hints to pass. Valid types are BOOLEAN, INT, DOUBLE, STRING, BYTE and VARIANT.

-A, --action=ACTION

Specifies the actions to display to the user.

-t, --timeout=TIMEOUT

The time in milliseconds until the notification expires.

-i, --icon=ICON

Specifies an icon to display with the notification.

-I, --raw_icon=PATH

Path to the icon to be sent as raw image data.

-c, --capabilities

Print the server capabilities and exit.

-s, --serverinfo

Print server information and exit.

-p, --printid

Print id, which can be used to update/replace this notification.

-r, --replace=ID

Set the id of this notification to The ID of the notification to replace.

-C, --close=ID

Close the notification with the specified ID.

-b, --block

Block until notification is closed and print close reason.

SEE ALSO

notify-send(1), dunst(5), dunstctl(1), dunst(1)