tldr/pages/linux/gdbus.md

gdbus

Interact with D-Bus objects. Part of GLib. More information: https://manned.org/gdbus.

• List all names on the session bus:

gdbus list-names --session

• List all names on the system bus:

gdbus list-names --system

• Introspect an object to see its interfaces and methods:

gdbus introspect --session --dest {{destination_bus_name}} --object-path /{{path/to/object}}

• Call a method on an object with arguments:

gdbus call --session --dest {{destination_bus_name}} --object-path /{{path/to/object}} --method {{interface.method_name}} {{argument1 argument2 ...}}

• Emit a signal from an object with arguments:

gdbus emit --session --object-path /{{path/to/object}} --signal {{interface.signal_name}} {{argument1 argument2 ...}}

• Monitor all messages on the session bus:

gdbus monitor --session