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pane.Pane.sendKeys

sendKeys ( keys : : string , options : : SendKeysOptions ) → Promise<void> method [source] ¶ method [source] ¶ sendKeys

Send keys to this pane, following them with Enter unless told not to.

Examples

await pane.sendKeys("echo hello");
await pane.sendKeys("C-c", { literal: false });

In other languages Send keystrokes to a pane

Examples

TypeScript Python

await pane.sendKeys("echo hello");
await pane.sendKeys("C-c", { literal: false });

>>> 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)

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