herbstclient − sends commands to a running herbstluftwm instance via X
herbstclient [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS ...]
herbstclient [OPTIONS] [−−wait|−−idle] [FILTER ...]
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.
See herbstluftwm(1) for a list of available COMMANDs and their ARGS.
If −−wait or −−idle is passed, then it waits for hooks from herbstluftwm. The hook is printed, if it matches the optional FILTER. FILTERs are regular expressions. For a list of available hooks see herbstluftwm(1).
−n, −−no−newline
Do not print a newline if output does not end with a newline.
−0, −−print0
Use the null character as delimiter between the output of hooks.
−l, −−last−arg
When using −i or −w, only print the last argument of the hook.
−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 COUNT is 1.
−q, −−quiet
Do not print error messages if herbstclient cannot connect to the running herbstluftwm instance.
−v, −−version
Print the herbstclient version. To get the herbstluftwm version, use herbstclient version.
−h, −−help
Print the herbstclient usage with its command line options.
DISPLAY
Specifies the DISPLAY to use, i.e. where herbstluftwm(1) is running.
Returns the exit status of the COMMAND execution in herbstluftwm(1) server.
0
Success.
other
Failure. See herbstluftwm(1) for a list of error codes.
See the herbstluftwm Github issues: https://github.com/herbstluftwm/herbstluftwm/issues
Feel free to join the IRC channel #herbstluftwm on irc.libera.chat.
herbstclient was written by Thorsten WiÃmann. All contributors are listed in the herbstluftwm distribution AUTHORS file.
Homepage: http://herbstluftwm.org
Github page: http://github.com/herbstluftwm/herbstluftwm
Patch submission and bug reporting:
Copyright 2011−2020 Thorsten WiÃmann. All rights reserved.
This software is licensed under the "Simplified BSD License". See LICENSE for details.