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 ac-
cessing it.
OPTIONS
-s, --socket <socket> Path for IPC socket creation
MESSAGES
create-window
Create a new window in the same Alacritty process
OPTIONS
--hold Remain open after child process exits
--working-directory <working-directory>
Start the shell in the specified working directory
-e, --command <command>...
Command and args to execute (must be last argument)
config Update the Alacritty configuration
ARGS
<CONFIG_OPTIONS>...
Configuration file options [example: cur-
sor.style=Beam]
OPTIONS
-w, --window-id <WINDOW_ID>
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>
alacritty 0.11.0 October 2021 ALACRITTY-MSG(1)
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