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dunstify(1)		       Dunstify Reference		     dunstify(1)

NAME
     dunstify - a program to send desktop notifications

SYNOPSIS
     dunstify [OPTION...] SUMMARY [BODY]

DESCRIPTION
     Dunstify is a notify-send alternative that can be used to send desktop no-
     tifications from the command line.

OPTIONS
     -?, --help
	 Show help options.

     -a, --app-name=NAME
	 Set the app name of the notification.	Accepted legacy alias: --app-
	 name.

     -u, --urgency=URG
	 Set the urgency level (low, normal, critical) of the notification.

     -h, --hint=HINT
	 Specifies hints to pass. Valid types are BOOLEAN, INT, DOUBLE, STRING,
	 BYTE and VARIANT.  Accepted legacy alias: --hints.

     -A, --action=ACTION
	 Specifies the actions to display to the user.

     -e, --transient
	 Mark the notification as transient.

     -t, --expire-time=TIMEOUT
	 The time in milliseconds until the notification expires.  Accepted
	 legacy alias: --timeout.

     -i, --icon=ICON
	 Specifies an icon to display with the notification.

     -I, --raw-icon=PATH
	 Path to the icon to be sent as raw image data.  Accepted legacy alias:
	 --raw_icon.

     -c, --category=TYPE
	 The category of this notification.

     -p, --print-id
	 Print id, which can be used to update/replace this notification.  Ac-
	 cepted legacy alias: --printid.

     -r, --replace-id=ID
	 Set the id of this notification to The ID of the notification to re-
	 place.  Accepted legacy alias: --replace.

     -C, --close=ID
	 Close the notification with the specified ID.

     -w, --wait
	 Block until notification is closed and print close reason.  Accepted
	 legacy alias: -b, --block.

     --stack-tag=TAG
	 Set the dunst stack tag property of the notification to TAG.  A tagged
	 notification will replace an earlier notification with the same tag.

	 The following commands are equivalent:

	     dunstify -h string:x-dunst-stack-tag:TAG "hello"

	     dunstify --stack-tag TAG "hello"

     --capabilities
	 Print the server capabilities and exit.

     --serverinfo
	 Print server information and exit.

     -v, --version
	 Print dunstify version information.  Not present on Dunst versions
	 prior to v1.13.

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright 2011-2014 Sascha Kruse

     Copyright 2014-2026 Dunst contributors

     Dunst is released under the BSD 3-Clause License, see LICENSE for more in-
     formation.

     If you feel that copyrights are violated, please send an email to the main-
     tainers.

SEE ALSO
     notify-send(1), dunst(5), dunstctl(1), dunst(1)

1.13.2 (2026-03-18)		   2026-03-18			     dunstify(1)

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