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notify-send:tldr:5b709
notify-send: Show a notification with a custom icon.
$ notify-send -i ${icon-png} "${Test}" "${This is a test}"
try on your machine
This command is used to display a desktop notification on a Linux system using the notify-send
utility. It has the following components:
notify-send
is the command itself that triggers the notification.-i ${icon-png}
specifies the path to an icon file (in PNG format) that will be displayed alongside the notification. The${icon-png}
is a variable that should be replaced with the actual path to the desired PNG icon file."${Test}"
is the title or heading of the notification. The${Test}
represents a variable that should be replaced with the desired title of the notification."${This is a test}"
is the message or content of the notification. The${This is a test}
is another variable that should be replaced with the desired content of the notification.
By executing this command with the appropriate replacements, a notification will be displayed on the desktop with the specified title, message, and accompanying icon.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.