notify-send

sends desktop notifications

TLDR

Send notification

$ notify-send "[Title]" "[Message body]"

Set urgency level

$ notify-send -u [critical] "[Alert]" "[System error]"

Set expiration time

$ notify-send -t [5000] "[Title]" "[Message]"

Add icon

$ notify-send -i [dialog-information] "[Info]" "[Details]"

Set category

$ notify-send -c [email] "[New Email]" "[Subject]"

Set app name

$ notify-send -a "[MyApp]" "[Title]" "[Message]"

SYNOPSIS

notify-send [options] summary [body]

DESCRIPTION

notify-send sends desktop notifications. Uses the desktop notification system.
The tool displays popup messages. Part of libnotify for GNOME and other desktops.

PARAMETERS

SUMMARY

Notification title.

BODY

Notification message.

-u LEVEL

Urgency (low, normal, critical).

-t MS

Timeout in milliseconds.

-i ICON

Icon name or path.

-c CATEGORY

Notification category.

--help

Display help information.

CAVEATS

Requires notification daemon. Desktop environment dependent. Part of libnotify.

HISTORY

notify-send is part of libnotify, implementing the freedesktop.org Desktop Notifications spec.