fbcli1
Emit events to feedbackd
Usage
fbcli [OPTIONS...]
Overview
fbcli can be used to submit events to feedbackd to trigger audio, visual or haptic feedback.
Options
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-h, --help -
print help and exit
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-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>
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-I, --important -
Whether to set the important hint
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-t=TIMEOUT, --timeout=TIMEOUT -
The timeout in seconds after which feedback for the given event should be stopped.
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-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.
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-w=TIMEOUT, --watch=TIMEOUT -
Maximum timeout to wait for the feedback for the given event to end and
fbclito exit.
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-A=APP_ID, --app-id=APP_ID -
Override the used application id
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-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
Releases
4 releases since Debian 11 (Bullseye); the text changed 3 times.
--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).