notify-send

Uses the current desktop environment's notification system to create a notification. More information: <https://manned.org/notify-send>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/notify-send.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install libnotify-bin
Ubuntu
apt-get install libnotify-bin
Alpine
apk add libnotify
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S libnotify
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install libnotify-bin
CentOS
yum install libnotify
Fedora
dnf install libnotify
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install libnotify-bin
OS X
brew install libnotify
Raspbian
apt-get install libnotify-bin
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/notify-send notify-send powered by Commando

Uses the current desktop environment's notification system to create a notification. More information: <https://manned.org/notify-send>.

  • Show a notification with the title "Test" and the content "This is a test":
    notify-send "Test" "This is a test"
  • Show a notification with a custom icon:
    notify-send -i icon.png "Test" "This is a test"
  • Show a notification for 5 seconds:
    notify-send -t 5000 "Test" "This is a test"
  • Show a notification with an app's icon and name:
    notify-send "Test" --icon=google-chrome --app-name="Google Chrome"

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