.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
.B dbus\-send
-[\-\-system | \-\-session] [\-\-dest=NAME] [\-\-print\-reply]
-[\-\-type=TYPE] <destination object path> <message name> [contents ...]
+[\fB\-\-system\fP | \fB\-\-session\fP]
+[\fB\-\-dest=\fINAME\fP]
+[\fB\-\-print\-reply\fP]
+[\fB\-\-type=\fITYPE\fP]
+\fIOBJECT_PATH\fP \fIINTERFACE\fB.\fIMEMBER\fP [\fICONTENTS\fP ...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
There are two well\-known message buses: the systemwide message bus
(installed on many systems as the "messagebus" service) and the
per\-user\-login\-session message bus (started each time a user logs in).
-The \-\-system and \-\-session options direct \fIdbus\-send\fP to send
-messages to the system or session buses respectively. If neither is
-specified, \fIdbus\-send\fP sends to the session bus.
+The \fB\-\-system\fP and \fB\-\-session\fP options direct
+\fBdbus\-send\fP to send messages to the system or session buses respectively.
+If neither is specified, \fBdbus\-send\fP sends to the session bus.
.PP
-Nearly all uses of \fIdbus\-send\fP must provide the \-\-dest argument
+Nearly all uses of \fBdbus\-send\fP must provide the \fB\-\-dest\fP argument
which is the name of a connection on the bus to send the message to. If
-\-\-dest is omitted, no destination is set.
+\fB\-\-dest\fP is omitted, no destination is set.
.PP
The object path and the name of the message to send must always be
<type> ::= string | int16 | uint 16 | int32 | uint32 | int64 | uint64 | double | byte | boolean | objpath
.fi
-D\-Bus supports more types than these, but \fIdbus\-send\fP currently
-does not. Also, \fIdbus\-send\fP does not permit empty containers
+D\-Bus supports more types than these, but \fBdbus\-send\fP currently
+does not. Also, \fBdbus\-send\fP does not permit empty containers
or nested containers (e.g. arrays of variants).
.PP
.SH OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
.TP
-.I "\-\-dest=NAME"
+.BI \-\-dest= NAME
Specify the name of the connection to receive the message.
.TP
-.I "\-\-print\-reply"
+.B "\-\-print\-reply"
Block for a reply to the message sent, and print any reply received.
.TP
-.I "\-\-system"
+.B "\-\-system"
Send to the system message bus.
.TP
-.I "\-\-session"
+.B "\-\-session"
Send to the session message bus. (This is the default.)
.TP
-.I "\-\-type=TYPE"
-Specify "method_call" or "signal" (defaults to "signal").
+.BI \-\-type= TYPE
+Specify \fBmethod_call\fP or \fBsignal\fP (defaults to "\fBsignal\fP").
.SH AUTHOR
dbus\-send was written by Philip Blundell.