---
name: "fbcli"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "feedbackd"
version: "0.8.9-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/fbcli"
---

# 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)](/feedbackd/8.md)** **[fbd-theme-validate(1)](/fbd-theme-validate/1.md)** **[feedback-themes(5)](/feedback-themes/5.md)**