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.
INSTALL
sudo apt install libnotify-bin
sudo dnf install libnotify
sudo pacman -S libnotify
sudo apk add libnotify
brew install libnotify
nix profile install nixpkgs#libnotify
CAVEATS
Requires notification daemon. Desktop environment dependent. Part of libnotify.
HISTORY
notify-send is part of libnotify, implementing the freedesktop.org Desktop Notifications spec.
