Notify-send

notify-send is a command-line utility to display pop-up desktop notifications.

Installation

Ubuntu

Usually, notify-send is already installed. If not, run the command

sudo apt-get install notify-osd

Debian

To install notify-send, run the command as root:

apt-get install libnotify-bin

Other OS

Find and install libnotify for your OS.

Windows version

Usage

notify-send [OPTIONS...] "TITLE" "MESSAGE"

Options

-i ICON, --icon=ICON: icon type.

File path or system icon name, for example, info, important or error.

Default: no icon.

-t TIMEOUT, --expire-time=TIMEOUT: time in milliseconds, after which the notification disappears.

Default: 5000

-a, --app-name=APP_NAME: application name.

-u LEVEL, --urgency=LEVEL: level of urgency.

Possible values: low, normal or critical.

-c TYPE, --category=TYPE[,TYPE...]: notification category.

-h TYPE:NAME:VALUE, --hint=TYPE:NAME:VALUE: additional data.

Possible option values TYPE: int, double, string or byte.

-v: show current version of the program.

-?: show help.

--: end of options.

License

© 2004 Christian Hammond chipx86@chipx86.com,
Mike Hearn mike@navi.cx.

This is free software, distributed under the terms of the GPL v2+.