# tmux display-message

Source: https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.2a/manual/display-message/

> Display a message.

Display a message.

## Syntax

```tmux-usage
tmux display-message [-aINpv] [-c target-client] [-d delay] [-F format] [-t target-pane] [message]
```

Alias: `display`.

## Behavior

Display a message. If `-p` is given, the output is printed to stdout, otherwise it is displayed in the `target-client` status line for up to `delay` milliseconds. If `delay` is not given, the `message-time` option is used; a delay of zero waits for a key press. ‘`N`’ ignores key presses and closes only after the delay expires. The format of `message` is described in the [FORMATS](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.2a/manual/full/#FORMATS) section; information is taken from `target-pane` if `-t` is given, otherwise the active pane.

`-v` prints verbose logging as the format is parsed and `-a` lists the format variables and their values.

`-I` forwards any input read from stdin to the empty pane given by `target-pane`.

## Guides

* [Find sessions, windows, and panes](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/guides/querying-and-filtering/)

## C implementation

Internal declarations in tmux 3.2a:

* [`cmd_display_message_entry`](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-variable-cmd_display_message_entry/)
* [`cmd_display_message_exec`](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-cmd-display-message-c-cmd_display_message_exec/)

tmux sources and license

Syntax comes from `tmux 3.2a list-commands`. See the [global options](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.2a/manual/full/#DESCRIPTION) for sockets and configuration, and [command syntax and targets](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.2a/manual/full/#COMMANDS).

Behavior is taken from the [tmux 3.2a manual](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/85893888497c5077979bc7557fb970ee5e3d13d9/tmux.1).

[Command declaration](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/85893888497c5077979bc7557fb970ee5e3d13d9/cmd-display-message.c#L39)

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