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Running bash script from crontab

I am having difficulty running the below simple script from crontab: #!/bin/bash notify-send "battery.sh working" The permissions of the file are rwxr-xr-x and its running fine with either of the commands bash battery.sh and sh battery.sh. In my…
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notify-send do not work in a new conda environment

I can use notify-send to display messages in the base conda environment When I create a new conda environment, notify-send do not working in the new env (base env is still work). When I type notify-send 'message', nothing pops up, and no error is…
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Error attaching icon when sending notify-send to Linux from Pycharm

I want to send notify-send with icon to Linux from Python, but when I do it from PyCharm's Terminal or from subprocess.run(command, shell=True) with Python, I get an empty icon instead of my icon. It works when I run it from Linux (being in the same…
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systemd script for notify-send fails with error "The connection is closed"

I am trying to run a systemd timer. I am posting all the relevant files and the error below. I have posted the nodejs file but I tried with a simple shell script as well as explained in the Edit…
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Battery reminder POSIX script having issues with DBUS

I wrote a POSIX shell script to remind me about my battery life using notify-send and a cronjob, but I'm having problems with DBUS stuff This is what the script looks like #!/bin/sh percent=`upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 |…
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Scan system PATH for executable file

Python 3 has the very useful shutil.which (https://docs.python.org/3/library/shutil.html#shutil.which) function. Is there an equivalent for Scala? For context, I want to run a shell command in scala to get a notification to the user. For example, in…
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status_format for email sender in neomutt

I am using Neomutt, and I want to display notifications whenever new mail comes in the inbox. I used the new_mail_command to send a notification via notify-send. But I also want to include the sender's address in the notification. Is there any way…
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How to get notify working for the split toggle command for i3wm?

I have this command: bindsym $mod+q split toggle This will toggle between hsplit and vsplit. My individual vsplit and hsplit (activated using $mod+v and $mod+h respectively) are: bindsym $mod+h split h; exec notify-send 'tile horizontally' bindsym…
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notify-send terminates after Chinese characters

In trying to generate a notification with notify-send i am noticing that inputting a Chinese character seems to terminate the notification. I am trying to achieve a multi-line notification and can do so in normal text using notify-send "Heading"…
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`notify-send` works when invoking script manually, but not from a crontab

I wanted my cron job to report to me on desktop when it executes, through notify-send command on Ubuntu. I've read through the common problems that stated a shell script didn't have access to a display, which is solved by adding this before calling…
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notify-send command issue in shell script

I have a text file b.txt with the following text: notify-send -i gtk-info "How Are You" -h string:x-canonical-private-synchronous:anything I have a shell script with the following code: #!/bin/sh while true; do if [ -s b.txt ] then value="$(cat…
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The command of 'notify-send' does not work in supervisor

My Operating System is Manjora17.1.12, the Python version is 3.7.0, and the Supervisor's version is 3.3.4. I have a python script, it just shows a notification. The code is: import os os.system('notify-send hello') The supervisor config is…
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how to run 2 lines on in bash side by side

I am new to Bash and I am trying to have this script notify me when I am connected and disconnected to my VPN. The problem I have is when I run my "openvpn" it will stop listening to the rest of the lines that follow so I had to put my "connected"…
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notify-send doesn't work over SSH

I want to use PC A to send a notification to PC B via SSH, but I didn't see the notification on B. ssh user_name@B_ip 'notify-send hello' I also tried this: Use SSH on B to login A and then login B back and then send a notification. However it…
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Ubuntu - Notification and sound

I try to get a notification + sound everyday at 16PM. It's work but after that, i lost sound. I have to restart my computer. The cron: 00 16 * * * /bin/bash /home/user/mynotifications.sh mynotifications.sh: #!/bin/sh /usr/bin/spd-say "Hey, it's 16…
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