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

6       alacritty-msg - Send messages to Alacritty
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SYNOPSIS

9       alacritty msg [OPTIONS] <MESSAGE> [MESSAGE_OPTIONS]
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DESCRIPTION

12       This  command  communicates  with running Alacritty instances through a
13       socket, making it possible to control Alacritty  without  directly  ac‐
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OPTIONS

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

20       create-window
21              Create a new window in the same Alacritty process
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26                   --hold Remain open after child process exits
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28                   --working-directory <working-directory>
29                          Start the shell in the specified working directory
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31                   -e, --command <command>...
32                          Command and args to execute (must be last argument)
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34       config Update the Alacritty configuration
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39                   <CONFIG_OPTIONS>...
40                          Configuration    file    options    [example:   cur‐
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46                   -w, --window-id <WINDOW_ID>
47                          Window ID for the new config.
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49                          Use `-1` to apply this change to all windows.
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51                          [default: $ALACRITTY_WINDOW_ID]
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SEE ALSO

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

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

62       •   Christian Duerr <contact@christianduerr.com>
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66alacritty 0.12.3                 October 2021                 ALACRITTY-MSG(1)