gsettings-tool 1 User Commands gsettings-tool GSettings configuration tool gsettings-tool option schema key value gsettings-tool offers a simple commandline interface to #GSettings. It lets you get, set or monitor an individual key for changes. The schema and key arguments are required to specify the schema id and the name of the key to operate on. When setting a key, you also need specify a value The format for the value is that of a serialized #GVariant, so e.g. a string must include explicit quotes: "'foo'". This format is also used when printing out values. -h, --help Print help and exit -g, --get Get the value of key -s, --set Set the value of key -w, --writable Find out whether key is writable -m, --monitor Monitor key for changes and print the changed values. Monitoring will continue until the process is terminated. -p, --path=path The path for the schema. This option is only needed if the schema does not have a fixed path.