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System Commands

System Commands

Type sleep, lock, mute or restart in root search. Every row is subtitled System.

Shut Down, Restart, Log Out and Empty Trash ask for confirmation first. The rest run immediately.

Command macOS Linux Windows
Lock Screen yes needs loginctl
Sleep yes needs systemctl
Restart yes needs systemctl
Shut Down yes needs systemctl
Log Out yes needs xfce4-session-logout or loginctl
Sleep Displays yes needs xset
Show Screen Saver yes needs xdg-screensaver
Play / Pause, Next Track, Previous Track yes needs playerctl
Toggle Mute, Volume Up / Down, Set Volume to 0/25/50/75/100% yes needs wpctl or pactl
Open Trash, Empty Trash yes needs gio
Show Desktop needs wmctrl
Toggle Bluetooth needs rfkill
Toggle System Appearance yes GNOME only, needs gsettings

Windows is not supported. No system commands appear there.

On macOS, Show Desktop and Toggle Bluetooth are deliberately absent: one would need Accessibility permission for a Mission Control keystroke, the other needs root.

On Linux, a command whose required binary is missing is hidden from search. The volume, mute and Log Out rows are the exception — they always appear, and tell you at run time if the tool they need is not installed.