Python API

method libtmux latest

Pane.respawn

Respawn the pane process via $ tmux respawn-pane.

Source and package

Qualified name: libtmux.Pane.respawn
Module: libtmux
Declared in: Pane
Package: libtmux
Source: src/libtmux/pane.py
Other languages: Perl Erlang PowerShell Julia Elixir Haskell Common Lisp RubyLuaTypeScriptRustGoJavaC#C++Swift Kotlin Scala OCaml F# Clojure

Examples#

>>> pane = window.split(shell='sleep 1m')
>>> pane.respawn(kill=True, shell='sh')

Parameters

shell (str | None) # – Shell command to run in the respawned pane.
start_directory (StrPath | None) # – Working directory for the respawned pane (-c flag).
environment (dict[str, str] | None) # – Environment variables (-e flag).
kill (bool | None) # – Kill the current process before respawning (-k flag). Required if the pane is still active.

The tmux commands behind respawn.

The C declarations in tmux that implement these commands.

Restart a pane's command

Equivalents of Restart a pane's command in other languages
Language	Equivalent
Ruby	`LibTmux::Pane#respawn`
Lua	`libtmux.Pane:respawn`
Erlang	`tmux_pane:respawn/2`
Haskell	No public Haskell equivalent is implemented; the current modules expose scalar values and version parsing.
TypeScript	`pane.Pane.respawn`
Rust	`pane.Pane.respawn`
Go	`tmux.Pane.Respawn`
Java	`io.github.libtmux.Pane.respawn`
C#	`LibTmux.Pane.RespawnAsync`
C++	`libtmux::Pane::respawn`
Swift	`Server.respawn(_:running:killingExisting:)`
OCaml	`Libtmux_unix.Client.respawn_pane`
Perl	No dedicated equivalent in the selected Perl surface. Explicit Server::cmd remains available for native tmux commands.

No equivalent is recorded in PowerShell, Julia, Elixir, Common Lisp, Clojure, Kotlin, Scala or F#.