Reference

fbcli(1)

Emit events to feedbackd

Name

fbcli - Emit events to feedbackd

SYNOPSIS

fbcli [OPTIONS...]

DESCRIPTION

fbcli can be used to submit events to feedbackd to trigger audio, visual or haptic feedback.

OPTIONS

-h, --help

print help and exit

-E=EVENT, --event=EVENT

Submit the given event to feedbackd. Valid events are listes in the event naming spec at <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/agx/feedbackd/-/blob/main/doc/Event-naming-spec-0.0.0.md>

-I, --important

Whether to set the important hint

-t=TIMEOUT, --timeout=TIMEOUT

The timeout in seconds after which feedback for the given event should be stopped.

-P=PROFILE, --profile=PROFILE

The feedback profile (full, quiet, silent) to use for the given event. If no event is specified then the global feedback profile is changed.

-w=TIMEOUT, --watch=TIMEOUT

Maximum timeout to wait for the feedback for the given event to end and fbcli to exit.

-A=APP_ID, --app-id=APP_ID

Override the used application id

-S=SOUND_FILE, --sound-file=SOUND_FILE

Override the sound effect used with the given file. This only has an effect when a sound event would be triggered by this event at the current level.

See also

feedbackd(8) fbd-theme-validate(1) feedback-themes(5)

History

--app-id since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --event since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --important since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --profile since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --sound-file since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --timeout since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --watch since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -A since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -E since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -I since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -P since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -S since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -t since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -w since Arch Linux 2026-11-01.

-p until Debian 11 (Bullseye).