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Server.sendKeys(_:to:literally:)

Declared in: Server
Package: libtmux-swift
Source: Sources/LibTmux/PaneInteraction.swift
Other languages: Python TypeScript Rust Go Java .NET C++

sendKeys(_:to:literally:) ( keys : [String] , to : Pane , literally : Bool ) → () methodasync [source] ¶ methodasync [source] ¶ sendKeys(_:to:literally:)

Sends keys to a pane.

Parameters:
- keys: what to send, one argument per key or literal string.
- pane: the pane to send them to.
- literally: sends the text as characters rather than letting tmux read names like Enter or C-c out of it. Use it for anything that came from a user.

Raises

TmuxError

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
C++ libtmux::Pane::send_text

Examples

Python TypeScript

>>> 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 });

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