notify-send

Use 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]}} {{icon.png}} "{{Test}}" "{{This is a test}}"

• Show a notification for 5 seconds:

notify-send {{[-t|--expire-time]}} 5000 "{{Test}}" "{{This is a test}}"

• Show a notification with the specified urgency level (default: normal):

notify-send {{[-u|--urgency]}} {{low|normal|critical}} "{{Test}}" "{{This is a test}}"

• Show a notification with an app’s icon and name:

notify-send "{{Test}}" {{[-i|--icon]}} {{google-chrome}} {{[-a|--app-name]}} "{{Google Chrome}}"