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Is there a way to show notification from bash script in Ubuntu?

Fresh3 days ago
Mar 15, 2026122152 views
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Most of the application can show nicely formatted notification on events that appear on top right corner of the screen. I'm about to write a bash script that will do fairy long processing in the background and I really want to know when it is finished. How can I show that nice notification from a bash script?

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If you're using the new notification system in Jaunty, you want the notify-send command

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