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refentrytitle>notify-send</
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refmiscinfo class="date">28 Feb 2007</
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refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">&man1;</
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refmiscinfo class="software">&release;</
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refmiscinfo class="arch">generic</
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refmiscinfo class="copyright">&suncopy;</
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refnamediv id="notify-send-1-name"><
refname>notify-send</
refname><
refpurpose>a CLI program to send desktop notifications</
refpurpose>
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refsynopsisdiv id="notify-send-1-synp"><
title>&synp-tt;</
title>
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arg choice="opt"><
option>-help </
option></
arg>
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arg choice="opt"><
option>-urgency=<
replaceable>level</
replaceable></
option></
arg>
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arg choice="opt"><
option>-expire-time=<
replaceable>time</
replaceable></
option></
arg>
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arg choice="opt"><
option>-icon=<
replaceable>icon,icon...</
replaceable></
option></
arg>
10363N/A<
arg choice="opt"><
option>-category=<
replaceable>type,type...</
replaceable></
option></
arg>
10363N/A<
arg choice="opt"><
option>-hint=<
replaceable>type:name:value</
replaceable></
option></
arg>
10363N/A<
arg choice="opt"><
replaceable>summary</
replaceable></
arg>
10363N/A<
arg choice="opt"><
replaceable>body</
replaceable></
arg>
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refsect1 id="notify-send-1-desc"><
title>&desc-tt;</
title>
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para>Using notify-send, you can send desktop notifications to the user via a notification daemon from the command line. The notifications are used to inform the user about an asynchronous event or display some useful information without getting in the user's way.</
para>
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refsect1 id="notify-1-opts"><
title>&opts-tt;</
title>
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para>The following options are supported:</
para>
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variablelist termlength="medium">
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varlistentry><
term><
option>?</
option>, <
option>-help</
option></
term><
listitem><
para>Display help
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varlistentry><
term><
option>u</
option>, <
option>-urgency=<
replaceable>level</
replaceable></
option></
term><
listitem><
para>Specifies
11925N/Athe urgency level, including low, normal and critical.</
para>
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varlistentry><
term><
option>t</
option>, <
option>-expire-time=<
replaceable>time</
replaceable></
option></
term><
listitem><
para>Specifies
10363N/Athe timeout in milliseconds at which to expire the notification.</
para>
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varlistentry><
term><
option>i</
option>, <
option>-icon=<
replaceable>icons</
replaceable></
option></
term><
listitem><
para>Specifies
10363N/Aan icon filename or stock icon to display.</
para>
10363N/A<
varlistentry><
term><
option>c</
option>, <
option>-category=<
replaceable>types</
replaceable></
option></
term><
listitem><
para>Specifies
10363N/Athe notification category.</
para>
10363N/A<
varlistentry><
term><
option>h</
option>, <
option>-hint=<
replaceable>hint</
replaceable></
option></
term><
listitem><
para>Specifies
10363N/Abasic extra data to pass. The format is type:name:value and valid types are int, double, string and byte</
para>
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varlistentry><
term><
option>v</
option>, <
option>-version</
option></
term><
listitem><
para>Display
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refsect1 id="notify-send-1-exit"><
title>&exit-tt;</
title> <
para>
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refsect1 id="notify-send-1-attr"><
title>&attr-tt;</
title>
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para>See <
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refentrytitle>attributes</
refentrytitle><
manvolnum>5</
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citerefentry></
olink>
10363N/Afor descriptions of the following attributes:</
para>
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colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="1*">
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row><
entry align="center" valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE TYPE</
entry><
entry align="center" 10363N/Avalign="middle">ATTRIBUTE VALUE</
entry></
row>
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row><
entry><
para>Availability</
para></
entry><
entry><
para>SUNWgnome-panel</
para></
entry>
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row><
entry colname="COLSPEC0"><
para>Interface stability</
para></
entry><
entry 10363N/Acolname="COLSPEC1"><
para>Volatile</
para></
entry></
row>
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refsect1 id="notify-send-1-also"><
title>&also-tt;</
title>
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refsect1 id="notify-send-1-note"><
title>¬e-tt;</
title>
10363N/AWritten by Jedy Wang, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2007.