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.\"    Author: Andre Filipe de Assuncao e Brito <decko@noisemakers.org>
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.\"      Date: November 2005
.\"    Manual: User Commands
.\"    Source: libnotify
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "NOTIFY\-SEND" "1" "" "libnotify" "User Commands"
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.SH "NAME"
notify-send \- a program to send desktop notifications
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBnotify\-send\fR\ 'u
\fBnotify\-send\fR [\fIOPTIONS\fR] {\fIsummary\fR} [\fIbody\fR]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
With
\fBnotify\-send\fR
you can send 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\(cqs way\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\fB\-?\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
.RS 4
Show help and exit\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-urgency\fR=\fILEVEL\fR
.RS 4
Specifies the urgency level (low,
normal,
critical)\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-expire\-time\fR=\fITIME\fR
.RS 4
The duration, in milliseconds, for the notification to appear on screen\&.
.sp
(Ubuntu\*(Aqs Notify OSD and GNOME Shell both ignore this parameter\&.)
.RE
.PP
\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-icon\fR=\fIICON\fR[,\fIICON\fR\&...]
.RS 4
Specifies an icon filename or stock icon to display\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-category\fR=\fITYPE\fR[,\fITYPE\fR\&...]
.RS 4
Specifies the notification category\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-hint\fR=\fITYPE\fR:\fINAME\fR:\fIVALUE\fR
.RS 4
Specifies basic extra data to pass\&. Valid types are
INT,
DOUBLE,
STRING
and
BYTE\&.
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
The Desktop Notification Spec on
\m[blue]\fBhttp://www\&.galago\-project\&.org/specs/notification/\fR\m[]\&.
.SH "AUTHORS"
.PP
\fBAndre Filipe de Assuncao e Brito\fR <\&decko@noisemakers\&.org\&>
.RS 4
Original author
.RE
.PP
\fBPaul van Tilburg\fR <\&paulvt@debian\&.org\&>
.RS 4
Original author
.RE
.PP
\fBRiccardo Setti\fR <\&giskard@debian\&.org\&>
.RS 4
Original author
.RE