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notifyutil(1)                            BSD General Commands Manual                           notifyutil(1)

NAME
     notifyutil -- notification command line utility

SYNOPSIS
     notifyutil [-q] [-v] [-t] [-p key] [-w key] [-# key] [-g key] [-s key val] ...

DESCRIPTION
     notifyutil is a command-line utility for interacting with the notifyd(8) notification server.  It may
     be used to post notifications, detect and report notifications, and to examine and set the state value
     associated with a notification key.

     The following table summarizes the actions that may be performed.

           -p key      Post a notification for key.
           -w key      Register for key and wait for notifications.
           -# key      Register for key and wait for # (an integer) notifications.  E.g. -1 key waits for a
                       single notification.
           -g key      Get state value for key.
           -s key val  Set state value for key.

     When invoked with any combination of -w and -# actions, notifyutil registers for notification for the
     specified key(s).  If any key is given with a -w action, notifyutil runs until interrupted with Con-trol-C. Control-C.
     trol-C.  If all registrations are invoked with -#, the program continues to run until the corresponding
     number of notifications for each key have been received.

     When a notification for any key that is being monitored is received, notifyutil prints the key on a
     single line on its standard output.  The -v (verbose), -t (time stamp), and -q (quiet) flags, if speci-fied, specified,
     fied, modify the output behavior.  The -v flag causes notifyutil to print both the key and the current
     state value for that key.  The -t flag causes notifyutil to print a time stamp preceeding the notifica-tion notification
     tion key.  The -q flag causes notifyutil to operate silently.

     notifyutil processes its command-line arguments from left to right.  For example, the following will
     register for a single notification for the key ``test.abc'' and then post a notification for that key.

           notifyutil -1 test.abc -p test.abc

SEE ALSO
     notify(3), notifyd(8)

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