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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
       notifications from the command line.

OPTIONS
       -?, --help
	   Show	help options.

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

       -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.
	   Accepted legacy alias: --printid.

       -r, --replace-id=ID
	   Set the id of this notification to The ID of	the notification to
	   replace.  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
       information.

       If you feel that	copyrights are violated, please	send an	email to the
       maintainers.

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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