i3-msg(1) - Linux man page
Name
i3-msg - send messages to i3 window manager
Synopsis
i3-msg "message"
Description
i3-msg is a sample implementation for a client using the unix socket IPC interface to i3. At the moment, it can only be used for sending commands (like in configuration file for key bindings), but this may change in the future (staying backwards-compatible, of course).
Example
i3-msg "bp" # Use 1-px border for current client
Environment
I3SOCK
- If no ipc-socket is specified on the commandline, this variable is used to determine the path, at wich the unix domain socket is expected, on which to connect to i3.
See Also
i3(1)
Author
Michael Stapelberg and contributors