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dunstify - a program to send desktop notifications

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  OPTIONS  SEE ALSO 

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, −−category=TYPE

The category of this notification.

−−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)


Updated 2026-06-01 - jenkler.se | uex.se