# LibTmux.TmuxChaining.ExecuteAsync - **Module:** LibTmux - **Package:** LibTmux - **Language:** C# - **Kind:** method - **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-dotnet/blob/cf34b255c896d19a97e7d7fabea58609c916012d/src/LibTmux/Chaining/TmuxChaining.Hooks.cs#L55 - **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/csharp/latest/reference/libtmux-tmuxchaining-executeasync/ ``` LibTmux.TmuxChaining.ExecuteAsync(request: HookRequest, hooks: TmuxHooks, server: Server, cancellationToken: CancellationToken) -> Task LibTmux.TmuxChaining.ExecuteAsync(request: SetHooksRequest, hooks: TmuxHooks, server: Server, cancellationToken: CancellationToken) -> Task LibTmux.TmuxChaining.ExecuteAsync(request: ITmuxRequest, pane: Pane, cancellationToken: CancellationToken) -> Task LibTmux.TmuxChaining.ExecuteAsync(request: ITmuxRequest, window: Window, cancellationToken: CancellationToken) -> Task LibTmux.TmuxChaining.ExecuteAsync(request: ITmuxRequest, session: Session, cancellationToken: CancellationToken) -> Task LibTmux.TmuxChaining.ExecuteAsync(request: ITmuxRequest, server: Server, cancellationToken: CancellationToken) -> Task LibTmux.TmuxChaining.ExecuteAsync(request: ITmuxRequest, options: TmuxOptions, server: Server, cancellationToken: CancellationToken) -> Task LibTmux.TmuxChaining.ExecuteAsync(request: ITmuxRequest, hooks: TmuxHooks, server: Server, cancellationToken: CancellationToken) -> Task LibTmux.TmuxChaining.ExecuteAsync(request: SendKeysRequest, pane: Pane, cancellationToken: CancellationToken) -> Task LibTmux.TmuxChaining.ExecuteAsync(request: SendKeysRequest, pane: Pane, control: IControlModeSession, cancellationToken: CancellationToken) -> Task> ``` Runs a hook on its own. ## Parameters - `request` (`HookRequest`): Which hook to run. (for `ExecuteAsync(request, hooks, server, cancellationToken) [overload 1]`) - `hooks` (`TmuxHooks`): The hooks handle whose scope holds it. (for `ExecuteAsync(request, hooks, server, cancellationToken) [overload 1]`; `ExecuteAsync(request, hooks, server, cancellationToken) [overload 2]`) - `server` (`Server`): The server the hook runs on. (for `ExecuteAsync(request, hooks, server, cancellationToken) [overload 1]`) - `cancellationToken` (`CancellationToken`): Cancels the tmux command. (for `ExecuteAsync(request, hooks, server, cancellationToken) [overload 1]`; `ExecuteAsync(request, hooks, server, cancellationToken) [overload 2]`; `ExecuteAsync(request, pane, cancellationToken) [overload 3]`; `ExecuteAsync(request, window, cancellationToken)`; `ExecuteAsync(request, session, cancellationToken)`; `ExecuteAsync(request, server, cancellationToken)`; `ExecuteAsync(request, options, server, cancellationToken)`; `ExecuteAsync(request, hooks, server, cancellationToken) [overload 8]`) - `request` (`SetHooksRequest`): Which hook to set, and to what entries. (for `ExecuteAsync(request, hooks, server, cancellationToken) [overload 2]`) - `server` (`Server`): The server the hook is set on. (for `ExecuteAsync(request, hooks, server, cancellationToken) [overload 2]`) - `request` (`ITmuxRequest`): What to do. (for `ExecuteAsync(request, pane, cancellationToken) [overload 3]`) - `pane` (`Pane`): The pane it is aimed at. (for `ExecuteAsync(request, pane, cancellationToken) [overload 3]`) - `request` (`ITmuxRequest`): What to do. (for `ExecuteAsync(request, window, cancellationToken)`) - `window` (`Window`): The window it is aimed at. (for `ExecuteAsync(request, window, cancellationToken)`) - `request` (`ITmuxRequest`): What to do. (for `ExecuteAsync(request, session, cancellationToken)`) - `session` (`Session`): The session it is aimed at. (for `ExecuteAsync(request, session, cancellationToken)`) - `request` (`ITmuxRequest`): What to do. (for `ExecuteAsync(request, server, cancellationToken)`) - `server` (`Server`): The server that runs it. (for `ExecuteAsync(request, server, cancellationToken)`) - `request` (`ITmuxRequest`): What to read or write. (for `ExecuteAsync(request, options, server, cancellationToken)`) - `options` (`TmuxOptions`): The options table whose scope it is aimed at. (for `ExecuteAsync(request, options, server, cancellationToken)`) - `server` (`Server`): The server that holds the table. (for `ExecuteAsync(request, options, server, cancellationToken)`; `ExecuteAsync(request, hooks, server, cancellationToken) [overload 8]`) - `request` (`ITmuxRequest`): What to read or write. (for `ExecuteAsync(request, hooks, server, cancellationToken) [overload 8]`) - `hooks` (`TmuxHooks`): The hooks table whose scope it is aimed at. (for `ExecuteAsync(request, hooks, server, cancellationToken) [overload 8]`) - `request` (`SendKeysRequest`): The keys to send. (for `ExecuteAsync(request, pane, cancellationToken) [overload 9]`) - `pane` (`Pane`): The pane that receives the keys. (for `ExecuteAsync(request, pane, cancellationToken) [overload 9]`) - `cancellationToken` (`CancellationToken`): Cancels the tmux commands. (for `ExecuteAsync(request, pane, cancellationToken) [overload 9]`) - `request` (`SendKeysRequest`): The keys to send, including a requested Enter. (for `ExecuteAsync(request, pane, control, cancellationToken)`) - `pane` (`Pane`): The pane that receives them. (for `ExecuteAsync(request, pane, control, cancellationToken)`) - `control` (`IControlModeSession`): The control client connected to the pane's server. (for `ExecuteAsync(request, pane, control, cancellationToken)`) - `cancellationToken` (`CancellationToken`): Stops waiting for command replies. (for `ExecuteAsync(request, pane, control, cancellationToken)`) ## Returns What tmux printed, which is nothing for an ordinary run. (for `ExecuteAsync(request, hooks, server, cancellationToken) [overload 1]`) What that one invocation produced. (for `ExecuteAsync(request, hooks, server, cancellationToken) [overload 2]`) What tmux printed. (for `ExecuteAsync(request, pane, cancellationToken) [overload 3]`; `ExecuteAsync(request, window, cancellationToken)`; `ExecuteAsync(request, session, cancellationToken)`; `ExecuteAsync(request, server, cancellationToken)`; `ExecuteAsync(request, options, server, cancellationToken)`; `ExecuteAsync(request, hooks, server, cancellationToken) [overload 8]`) The combined command result. (for `ExecuteAsync(request, pane, cancellationToken) [overload 9]`) The reply lines concatenated in command order. (for `ExecuteAsync(request, pane, control, cancellationToken)`) ## Raises - [`ArgumentNullException`](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.argumentnullexception): An argument is null. - [`TmuxCommandException`](/en/csharp/latest/reference/libtmux-tmuxcommandexception/): tmux reported the command failed. (for `ExecuteAsync(request, hooks, server, cancellationToken) [overload 1]`; `ExecuteAsync(request, pane, cancellationToken) [overload 3]`; `ExecuteAsync(request, window, cancellationToken)`; `ExecuteAsync(request, session, cancellationToken)`; `ExecuteAsync(request, server, cancellationToken)`; `ExecuteAsync(request, options, server, cancellationToken)`; `ExecuteAsync(request, hooks, server, cancellationToken) [overload 8]`) - [`TmuxCommandException`](/en/csharp/latest/reference/libtmux-tmuxcommandexception/): tmux reported the run failed. (for `ExecuteAsync(request, hooks, server, cancellationToken) [overload 2]`) - [`ArgumentException`](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.argumentexception): The request sends nothing or its text contains NUL. (for `ExecuteAsync(request, pane, cancellationToken) [overload 9]`) - [`ArgumentException`](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.argumentexception): The request sends nothing. (for `ExecuteAsync(request, pane, control, cancellationToken)`) - [`ControlModeCommandException`](/en/csharp/latest/reference/libtmux-controlmodecommandexception/): The first command failed. (for `ExecuteAsync(request, pane, control, cancellationToken)`) - [`LibTmuxException`](/en/csharp/latest/reference/libtmux-libtmuxexception/): Text succeeded but Enter failed or its wait was cancelled. Dispatch is unknown; do not retry the whole request. (for `ExecuteAsync(request, pane, control, cancellationToken)`)