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plasmashell — Start and restart Plasma Desktop. More information: <https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop>.

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How to use the plasmashell command: Start and restart Plasma Desktop. More information: <https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop>.

plasmashell — Start and restart Plasma Desktop. More information: <https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop>.

Restart plasmashell:

systemctl restart --user plasma-plasmashell

Restart plasmashell without systemd:

plasmashell --replace & disown

Display help:

plasmashell {{[-h|--help]}}

Display help, including Qt options:

plasmashell --help-all

Restart `plasmashell`

systemctl restart --user plasma-plasmashell

Restart `plasmashell` without systemd

plasmashell --replace & disown

Display help

plasmashell {{[-h|--help]}}

Display help, including Qt options

plasmashell --help-all

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