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-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: cursor.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>