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libtmux::Pane::send_text
- Module
- libtmux
- Declared in
- Pane
- Package
- libtmux-cxx
- Source
- include/libtmux/entities.hpp
- Other languages
- PythonTypeScriptRustGo Java .NETSwift
- send_text ( text : std::string_view ) expected< void, CommandFailure >
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Literal text, never interpreted as key names or formats, and never followed by a newline the caller did not ask for.
Discussed in Pane interaction
In other languages Send keystrokes to a pane
- Python
libtmux.Pane.send_keys - TypeScript
pane.Pane.sendKeys - Rust
pane.Pane.send_keys - Go
tmux.Pane.SendKeys - Java no direct equivalent; `Pane.paste` writes a buffer instead
- .NET
LibTmux.Pane.SendKeysAsync - Swift
Server.sendKeys(_:to:literally:)
- Python
Examples
>>> pane = window.split(shell='sh')
>>> pane.capture_pane()
['$']>>> pane.send_keys('echo "Hello world"', enter=True)>>> pane.capture_pane()
['$ echo "Hello world"', 'Hello world', '$']>>> print('\n'.join(pane.capture_pane())) # doctest: +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
$ echo "Hello world"
Hello world
$Flag-only invocation — reset terminal state without sending any keys:
>>> pane.send_keys(reset=True)await pane.sendKeys("echo hello");
await pane.sendKeys("C-c", { literal: false });0 declared, 0 inherited