.TH ALACRITTY-MSG "1" "October 2021" "alacritty 0.11.0-dev" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
alacritty-msg \- Send messages to Alacritty
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
alacritty msg [OPTIONS] <MESSAGE> [MESSAGE_OPTIONS]
.SH DESCRIPTION
This command communicates with running Alacritty instances through a socket,
making it possible to control Alacritty without directly accessing it.
.SH "OPTIONS"
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-socket\fR <socket>
Path for IPC socket creation
.SH "MESSAGES"
\fBcreate-window\fR
Create a new window in the same Alacritty process
.TP
.SH "\tOPTIONS"
.RS 12
\fB\-\-hold\fR
Remain open after child process exits

\fB\-\-working\-directory\fR <working\-directory>
Start the shell in the specified working directory

\fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-command\fR <command>...
Command and args to execute (must be last argument)
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
See the alacritty github repository at https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty for the full documentation.
.SH "BUGS"
Found a bug? Please report it at https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/issues.
.SH "MAINTAINERS"
.sp
.RS 4
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.el \{\
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.IP \(bu 2.3
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Christian Duerr <contact@christianduerr.com>