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HERBSTCLIENT(1) | HERBSTCLIENT(1) |
NAME¶
herbstclient - sends commands to a running herbstluftwm instance via XSYNOPSIS¶
herbstclient [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS ...]herbstclient [OPTIONS] [--wait|--idle] [FILTER ...]
DESCRIPTION¶
Sends a COMMAND with its (optional) arguments ARGS to a running herbstluftwm(1) instance via Xlib. If COMMAND has an output, it is printed by herbstclient. If output does not end with a newline, then a newline is added to improve readability.See herbstluftwm(1) for a list of available COMMANDs and their ARGS.
If --wait or --idle is passed, then it waits for hooks from herbstluftwm. The hook is printed, if it matches the optional FILTER. FILTERs are regular expressions. For a list of available hooks see herbstluftwm(1).
OPTIONS¶
-n, --no-newline-0, --print0
-l, --last-arg
-i, --idle
-w, --wait
-c, --count COUNT
-q, --quiet
-v, --version
-h, --help
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES¶
DISPLAYEXIT STATUS¶
Returns the exit status of the COMMAND execution in herbstluftwm(1) server.0
other
BUGS¶
See the herbstluftwm distribution BUGS file.COMMUNITY¶
Feel free to join the IRC channel #herbstluftwm on irc.freenode.net.AUTHOR¶
herbstclient was written by Thorsten Wißmann. All contributors are listed in the herbstluftwm distribution AUTHORS file.RESOURCES¶
Homepage: http://herbstluftwm.orgGithub page: http://github.com/herbstluftwm/herbstluftwm
Patch submission and bug reporting:
hlwm@lists.herbstluftwm.org
COPYING¶
Copyright 2011-2020 Thorsten Wißmann. All rights reserved.This software is licensed under the "Simplified BSD License". See LICENSE for details.
2020-12-03 | herbstluftwm 0.9.0 |