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i3-msg(1)

NAME

   i3-msg - send messages to i3 window manager

SYNOPSIS

   i3-msg [-q] [-v] [-h] [-s socket] [-t type] [message]

OPTIONS

   -q, --quiet
       Only send ipc message and suppress the output of the response.

   -v, --version
       Display version number and exit.

   -h, --help
       Display a short help-message and exit.

   -s, --socket sock_path
       i3-msg will use the environment variable I3SOCK or the socket path
       given here. If both fail, it will try to get the socket information
       from the root window and then try /tmp/i3-ipc.sock before exiting
       with an error.

   -t type
       Send ipc message, see below. This option defaults to "command".

   message
       Send ipc message, see below.

IPC MESSAGE TYPES

   command
       The payload of the message is a command for i3 (like the commands
       you can bind to keys in the configuration file) and will be
       executed directly after receiving it.

   get_workspaces
       Gets the current workspaces. The reply will be a JSON-encoded list
       of workspaces.

   get_outputs
       Gets the current outputs. The reply will be a JSON-encoded list of
       outputs (see the reply section of docs/ipc, e.g. at
       http://i3wm.org/docs/ipc.html#_receiving_replies_from_i3).

   get_tree
       Gets the layout tree. i3 uses a tree as data structure which
       includes every container. The reply will be the JSON-encoded tree.

   get_marks
       Gets a list of marks (identifiers for containers to easily jump to
       them later). The reply will be a JSON-encoded list of window marks.

   get_bar_config
       Gets the configuration (as JSON map) of the workspace bar with the
       given ID. If no ID is provided, an array with all configured bar
       IDs is returned instead.

   get_binding_modes
       Gets a list of configured binding modes.

   get_version
       Gets the version of i3. The reply will be a JSON-encoded dictionary
       with the major, minor, patch and human-readable version.

DESCRIPTION

   i3-msg is a sample implementation for a client using the unix socket
   IPC interface to i3.

EXAMPLES

       # Use 1-px border for current client
       i3-msg "border 1pixel"

       # You can leave out the quotes
       i3-msg border normal

       # Dump the layout tree
       i3-msg -t get_tree

ENVIRONMENT

   I3SOCK
   If no ipc-socket is specified on the commandline, this variable is used
   to determine the path, at which the unix domain socket is expected, on
   which to connect to i3.

SEE ALSO

   i3(1)

AUTHOR

   Michael Stapelberg and contributors



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