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ALACRITTY-MSG(1) User Commands ALACRITTY-MSG(1)

NAME

alacritty-msg - Send messages to Alacritty

SYNOPSIS

alacritty msg [OPTIONS] <MESSAGE> [MESSAGE_OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

This command communicates with running Alacritty instances through a socket, making it possible to control Alacritty without directly accessing it.

OPTIONS

-s, --socket <socket> Path for IPC socket creation

MESSAGES

Create a new window in the same Alacritty process

OPTIONS

Remain open after child process exits
Start the shell in the specified working directory
Command and args to execute (must be last argument)
Update the Alacritty configuration

ARGS

<CONFIG_OPTIONS>...
Configuration file options [example: cursor.style=Beam]

OPTIONS

Window ID for the new config.

Use `-1` to apply this change to all windows.

[default: $ALACRITTY_WINDOW_ID]

SEE ALSO

See the alacritty github repository at https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty for the full documentation.

BUGS

Found a bug? Please report it at https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/issues.

MAINTAINERS

•Christian Duerr <contact@christianduerr.com>
October 2021 alacritty 0.11.0