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Anandu M Das
Asked: 2014-09-18 20:55:41 +0800 CST

How to assign a keyboard shortcut to show an Ubuntu Desktop notification?

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What I am trying to do is, I have a few texts in a file & when I tap a key combination like ctrl+Q, the text should appear as a notification on my Ubuntu Desktop. What is the command to assign this keyboard shortcut?

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  1. Best Answer

    You can use the notify-send tool:

    cd $HOME
touch foo
echo "foo\nbar\nbaz" > foo
notify-send "TEST" $(cat ~/foo)

    it will create a notification like the one below:

    enter image description here

    Finally read How to add keyboard shortcuts? to enable Ctrl+Q for this notification (or better choose another combination as this one is already occupied - Thanks Jacob Vlijm).

    Update:

    All you have to do now is to create a small launcher (foo.sh):

    #!/bin/bash

notify-send "TEST" $(cat ~/foo)

    Change its permissions:

    chmod 777 foo.sh

    And assign to your new shortcut the full path of your launcher:

    enter image description here

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