# libtmux.core/run-shell!

- **Module:** libtmux.core
- **Package:** io.github.libtmux:libtmux-clojure
- **Language:** Clojure
- **Kind:** function
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-java/blob/5f88402151ff08fc0390dd438b90963692ec3fe4/libtmux-clojure/src/main/clojure/libtmux/core.clj#L378
- **Public owner:** libtmux.core
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/clojure/latest/reference/libtmux-core-run-shell/

```
(run-shell! server command)
```

Runs an explicitly requested shell command on the server.

[[raw!]] accepts tmux argv; [[await-channel!]] can gate an explicit completion signal.

## Parameters

- `server`
- `command`

## tmux command

The tmux commands behind `run-shell!`.

- [`run-shell`](/en/tmux/latest/manual/run-shell/)

## tmux C API

The C declarations in tmux that implement these commands.

- [`cmd_run_shell_entry`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-variable-cmd_run_shell_entry/) (attribute)
- [`cmd_run_shell_exec`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-cmd-run-shell-c-cmd_run_shell_exec/) (function)