I3-MSG(1)

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