NAME
notify-send – a program to send desktop notificationsSYNOPSIS
notify-send [OPTIONS] <summary> [body]DESCRIPTION
With notify-send you can sends 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.OPTIONS
-u, –urgency=LEVEL Specifies the urgency level (low, normal, critical).- -t, –expire-time=TIME
- Specifies the timeout in milliseconds at which to expire the notification.
- -i, –icon=ICON[,ICON…]
- Specifies an icon filename or stock icon to display.
- -c, –category=TYPE[,TYPE…]
- Specifies the notification category.
Help options:
- -?, –help
- Show this help message
- -h, –hint=TYPE:NAME:VALUE
- Specifies basic extra data to pass. Valid types are int, double, string and byte.
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