1SWAYMSG(1)                                                          SWAYMSG(1)
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NAME

6       swaymsg - Send messages to a running instance of sway over the IPC
7       socket.
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SYNOPSIS

10       swaymsg [options] [message]
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OPTIONS

13       -h, --help
14           Show help message and quit.
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16       -q, --quiet
17           Sends the IPC message but does not print the response from sway.
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19       -r, --raw
20           Use raw output even if using a tty.
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22       -s, --socket <path>
23           Use the specified socket path. Otherwise, swaymsg will ask sway
24           where the socket is (which is the value of $SWAYSOCK, then of
25           $I3SOCK).
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27       -t, --type <type>
28           Specify the type of IPC message. See below.
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30       -v, --version
31           Print the version (of swaymsg) and quit.
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IPC MESSAGE TYPES

34       <command>
35           The message is a sway command (the same commands you can bind to
36           keybindings in your sway config file). It will be executed
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39           See sway(5) for a list of commands.
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41       get_workspaces
42           Gets a JSON-encoded list of workspaces and their status.
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44       get_inputs
45           Gets a JSON-encoded list of current inputs.
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47       get_outputs
48           Gets a JSON-encoded list of current outputs.
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50       get_tree
51           Gets a JSON-encoded layout tree of all open windows, containers,
52           outputs, workspaces, and so on.
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54       get_marks
55           Get a JSON-encoded list of marks.
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57       get_bar_config
58           Get a JSON-encoded configuration for swaybar.
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60       get_version
61           Get JSON-encoded version information for the running instance of
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64       get_clipboard
65           Get JSON-encoded information about the clipboard. Returns the
66           current clipboard mime-types if called without arguments, otherwise
67           returns the clipboard data in the requested formats. Encodes the
68           data using base64 for non-text mime types.
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AUTHORS

71       Maintained by Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com>, who is assisted by other
72       open source contributors. For more information about sway development,
73       see https://github.com/swaywm/sway.
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SEE ALSO

76       sway(5)
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