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HERBSTCLIENT(1) | HERBSTCLIENT(1) |
NAME¶
herbstclient - sends commands to a running herbstluftwm instance via XSYNOPSIS¶
herbstclient [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS ...]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.OPTIONS¶
-n, --no-newlineDo not print a newline if output does not end
with a newline.
-i, --idle
Wait for hooks instead of executing
commands.
-w, --wait
Same as --idle but exit after first
--count hooks.
-c, --count COUNT
Let --wait exit after COUNT
hooks were received and printed. The default of COUNT is 1.
-q, --quiet
Do not print error messages if herbstclient
cannot connect to the running herbstluftwm instance.
-h, --help
Print the herbstclient usage with its command
line options.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES¶
DISPLAYSpecifies the DISPLAY to use, e.g.
where herbstluftwm(1) is running.
EXIT STATUS¶
Returns the exit status of the COMMAND execution in herbstluftwm(1) server. 0Success.
other
Failure. See herbstluftwm(1) for a list
of error codes.
BUGS¶
It waits endlessly for a response from herbstluftwm (there is no timeout yet).COMMUNITY¶
Feel free to join the IRC channel #herbstluftwm on irc.freenode.net.AUTHOR¶
herbstclient was written by Thorsten Wißmann.RESOURCES¶
Gitweb: http://git.cs.fau.de/?p=re06huxa/herbstluftwmCOPYING¶
Copyright 2011-2012 Thorsten Wißmann. All rights reserved.2012-04-13 | herbstluftwm 0.3 |