---
name: "telegram-send"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "telegram-send"
version: "0.37-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/telegram-send"
---

# telegram-send(1)

## NAME

telegram-send

## SYNOPSIS

**telegram-send** \[-h\] \[--format {text,markdown,html}\] \[--stdin\] \[--pre\] \[--disable-web-page-preview\] \[--silent\] \[-c\] \[--configure-channel\] \[--configure-group\] \[-f FILE \[FILE ...\]\] \[-i IMAGE \[IMAGE ...\]\] \[-s STICKER \[STICKER ...\]\] \[--animation ANIMATION \[ANIMATION ...\]\] \[--video VIDEO \[VIDEO ...\]\] \[--audio AUDIO \[AUDIO ...\]\] \[-l LOCATION \[LOCATION ...\]\] \[--caption CAPTION \[CAPTION ...\]\] \[--showids\] \[-d id \[id ...\]\] \[--config CONF\] \[-g\] \[--file-manager\] \[--clean\] \[--timeout TIMEOUT\] \[--version\] \[message ...\]

## DESCRIPTION

Send messages and files over Telegram.

- **message**

  message(s) to send

## OPTIONS

- **--format** *{text,markdown,html}*

  How to format the message(s). Choose from 'text', 'markdown', or 'html'

- **--stdin**

  Send text from stdin.

- **--pre**

  Send preformatted fixed-width (monospace) text.

- **--disable-web-page-preview**

  disable link previews in the message(s)

- **--silent**

  send silently, user will receive a notification without sound

- **-c**, **--configure**

  configure telegram-send

- **--configure-channel**

  configure telegram-send for a channel

- **--configure-group**

  configure telegram-send for a group

- **-f** *FILE \[FILE ...\]*, **--file** *FILE \[FILE ...\]*

  send file(s)

- **-i** *IMAGE \[IMAGE ...\]*, **--image** *IMAGE \[IMAGE ...\]*

  send image(s)

- **-s** *STICKER \[STICKER ...\]*, **--sticker** *STICKER \[STICKER ...\]*

  send stickers(s)

- **--animation** *ANIMATION \[ANIMATION ...\]*

  send animation(s) (GIF or soundless H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video)

- **--video** *VIDEO \[VIDEO ...\]*

  send video(s)

- **--audio** *AUDIO \[AUDIO ...\]*

  send audio(s)

- **-l** *LOCATION \[LOCATION ...\]*, **--location** *LOCATION \[LOCATION ...\]*

  send location(s) via latitude and longitude (separated by whitespace or a comma)

- **--caption** *CAPTION \[CAPTION ...\]*

  caption for image(s)

- **--showids**

  show message ids, used to delete messages after they're sent

- **-d** *id \[id ...\]*, **--delete** *id \[id ...\]*

  delete sent messages by id (only last 48h), see --showids

- **--config** *CONF*

  specify configuration file

- **-g**, **--global-config**

  Use the global configuration at /etc/telegram-send.conf

- **--file-manager**

  Integrate telegram-send in the file manager

- **--clean**

  Clean telegram-send configuration files.

- **--timeout** *TIMEOUT*

  Set the read timeout for network operations. (in seconds)

- **--version**

  show program's version number and exit

## COMMENTS

Homepage: https://github.com/rahiel/telegram-send

## AUTHOR

```
Rahiel Kasim
```

```
rahielkasim@gmail.com
```

## DISTRIBUTION

The latest version of telegram-send may be downloaded from ⟨https://github.com/rahiel/telegram\\-send⟩