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wezterm cli — Interact with a running Wezterm GUI or multiplexer. More information: <https://wezterm.org/cli/cli/i

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Problem

How to use the wezterm cli command: Interact with a running Wezterm GUI or multiplexer. More information: <https://wezterm.org/cli/cli/index.html>.

Solution

wezterm cli — Interact with a running Wezterm GUI or multiplexer. More information: <https://wezterm.org/cli/cli/index.html>.

List windows, tabs, and panes:

wezterm cli list

Split the current pane and print the new pane's ID to stdout:

wezterm cli split-pane --{{left|right|top|bottom}} --{{cells|percent}} {{n}}

Activate (focus) a pane:

wezterm cli activate-pane --pane-id {{id}}

Kill a pane:

wezterm cli kill-pane --pane-id {{id}}

Code Snippets

List windows, tabs, and panes

wezterm cli list

Split the current pane and print the new pane's ID to `stdout`

wezterm cli split-pane --{{left|right|top|bottom}} --{{cells|percent}} {{n}}

Activate (focus) a pane

wezterm cli activate-pane --pane-id {{id}}

Kill a pane

wezterm cli kill-pane --pane-id {{id}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/wezterm cli

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