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/usr/bin/swayidle

Idle management daemon for Wayland compositors implementing ext-idle-notify-v1

From swayidle 1.9.1-r1 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running swayidle --help (exit 255). permalink

/usr/bin/swayidle: invalid option -- '-'
Usage: /usr/bin/swayidle [OPTIONS]
  -h	this help menu
  -C	path to config file
  -d	debug
  -w	wait for command to finish
  -S	pick the seat to work with
Options (5)
OptionDescriptionSource
-hShow help message and quit.help + man
-C pathThe config file to use.help + man
-dEnable debug output.help + man
-wWait for command to finish executing before continuing, helpful for ensuring that a before-sleep command has finished before the system goes to sleep.help + man
-S seat-namepick the seat to work withhelp + man
Examples (1) from the manual page, untested

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