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wayidle(1)		     General Commands Manual		      wayidle(1)

NAME
     wayidle - wait for wayland idle timeout

SYNOPSIS
     wayidle [-s|--seat SEAT_NAME] -t|--timeout=SECONDS [COMMAND [ARGS...]]

OPTIONS
     -s, --seat SEAT_NAME
	 Wait  for  idle timeout on a given seat. If unspecified, the first seat
	 is used.

     -t --timeout SECONDS
	 Wait for a timeout of SECONDS seconds.

     -h --help
	 Print usage information and exit.

DESCRIPTION
     wayidle waits until the Wayland compositor reports  being	SECONDS  seconds
     idle.

     The  idle	timer always starts after wayidle is executed. If the system was
     already idle, the timer starts after wayidle starts.  Idle  seconds  before
     command execution do not count.

ENVIRONMENT
     WAYLAND_DISPLAY
	 Connect to the specified wayland socket.

DEVELOPMENT
     For  issues  and  general	development inquiries, see the project home cur-
     rently hosted at SourceHut:

	 https://git.sr.ht/~whynothugo/wayidle

SEE ALSO
     swayidle(1)

AUTHORS
     Developed by Hugo O. Barrera <hugo@whynothugo.nl>.

     wayidle is an open source project licensed under the ISC licence and devel-
     oped for anyone to use freely. If you would like to sponsor  this	project,
     see:

	 https://whynothugo.nl/sponsor

				   2026-08-02			      wayidle(1)

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