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dunstify — A notification tool that is an extension of `notify-send`, but has more features based around `dunst

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Problem

How to use the dunstify command: A notification tool that is an extension of notify-send, but has more features based around dunst. Accepts all options of notify-send. More information: <https://dunst-project.org/documentation/dunstify/>.

Solution

dunstify — A notification tool that is an extension of notify-send, but has more features based around dunst. Accepts all options of notify-send. More information: <https://dunst-project.org/documentation/dunstify/>.

Show a notification with a given title and message:

dunstify "{{Title}}" "{{Message}}"

Show a notification with the specified urgency:

dunstify "{{Title}}" "{{Message}}" {{[-u|--urgency]}} {{low|normal|critical}}

Specify a message ID (overwrites any previous messages with the same ID):

dunstify "{{Title}}" "{{Message}}" {{[-r|--replace]}} {{123}}

Display help:

dunstify {{[-?|--help]}}

Code Snippets

Show a notification with a given title and message

dunstify "{{Title}}" "{{Message}}"

Show a notification with the specified urgency

dunstify "{{Title}}" "{{Message}}" {{[-u|--urgency]}} {{low|normal|critical}}

Specify a message ID (overwrites any previous messages with the same ID)

dunstify "{{Title}}" "{{Message}}" {{[-r|--replace]}} {{123}}

Display help

dunstify {{[-?|--help]}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/dunstify

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