Name

       kitten-@-send-text - Send arbitrary text to specified windows

Usage

       kitten @ send-text  [TEXT TO SEND]

Description

       Send  arbitrary  text to specified windows. The text follows Python escaping rules. So you
       can use escapes like '\e' to send control codes and '\u21fa' to send  Unicode  characters.
       Remember  to  use  single-quotes  otherwise the backslash is interpreted as a shell escape
       character. If you use the --match option the text will be sent to all matched windows.  By
       default, text is sent to only the currently active window.

Options

       --match, -m
              The window to match. Match specifications are of the form: field:query. Where field
              can be one of: id, title, pid, cwd, cmdline, num, env, var,  state,  neighbor,  and
              recent.  query  is the expression to match. Expressions can be either a number or a
              regular expression, and can be combined using Boolean operators.

              The special value all matches all windows.

              For numeric fields: id, pid, num and recent, the expression  is  interpreted  as  a
              number,  not a regular expression. Negative values for id match from the highest id
              number down, in particular, -1 is the most recently created window.

              The field num refers to the window position in the current tab, starting from  zero
              and  counting  clockwise  (this  is  the same as the order in which the windows are
              reported by the kitten @ ls command).

              The window id of the current window is available as the KITTY_WINDOW_ID environment
              variable.

              The  field  recent  refers  to recently active windows in the currently active tab,
              with zero being the currently active window, one being the previously active window
              and so on.

              The  field  neighbor  refers  to  a  neighbor of the active window in the specified
              direction, which can be: left, right, top or bottom.

              When using the env field to match on environment variables, you  can  specify  only
              the environment variable name or a name and value, for example, env:MY_ENV_VAR=2.

              Similarly,  the  var  field  matches  on  user variables set on the window. You can
              specify name or name and value as with the env field.

              The field state matches on the state of the window. Supported states  are:  active,
              focused,  needs_attention,  parent_active,  parent_focused,  self,  overlay_parent.
              Active windows are the windows that are active in their parent tab. There  is  only
              one  focused window and it is the window to which keyboard events are delivered. If
              no window is focused, the last focused window is matched. The  value  self  matches
              the  window  in  which  the remote control command is run. The value overlay_parent
              matches the window that is under the self  window,  when  the  self  window  is  an
              overlay.

              Note that you can use the kitten @ ls command to get a list of windows.

       --match-tab, -t
              The  tab  to  match. Match specifications are of the form: field:query. Where field
              can be one of: id, index, title, window_id, window_title, pid,  cwd,  cmdline  env,
              var,  state and recent. query is the expression to match. Expressions can be either
              a number or a regular expression, and can be combined using Boolean operators.

              The special value all matches all tabs.

              For numeric fields: id,  index,  window_id,  pid  and  recent,  the  expression  is
              interpreted as a number, not a regular expression. Negative values for id/window_id
              match from the highest id number down, in  particular,  -1  is  the  most  recently
              created tab/window.

              When  using  title  or  id,  first a matching tab is looked for, and if not found a
              matching window is looked for, and the tab for that window is used.

              You can also use window_id and window_title to match  the  tab  that  contains  the
              window with the specified id or title.

              The  index  number  is used to match the nth tab in the currently active OS window.
              The recent number matches recently active tabs in the currently active  OS  window,
              with zero being the currently active tab, one the previously active tab and so on.

              When  using  the  env field to match on environment variables, you can specify only
              the environment variable name or a name and value, for  example,  env:MY_ENV_VAR=2.
              Tabs  containing  any  window with the specified environment variables are matched.
              Similarly, var matches tabs containing any window with the specified user variable.

              The field state matches on the state of the  tab.  Supported  states  are:  active,
              focused,  needs_attention,  parent_active  and  parent_focused. Active tabs are the
              tabs that are active in their parent OS window. There is only one focused  tab  and
              it  is  the  tab  to which keyboard events are delivered. If no tab is focused, the
              last focused tab is matched.

              Note that you can use the kitten @ ls command to get a list of tabs.

       --all  Match all windows.

       --exclude-active
              Do not send text to the active window, even if it is one of the matched windows.

       --stdin
              Read the text to be sent from stdin. Note that in this case the text is sent as is,
              not  interpreted  for  escapes. If stdin is a terminal, you can press Ctrl+D to end
              reading.

       --from-file
              Path to a file whose contents you wish to send. Note that in  this  case  the  file
              contents are sent as is, not interpreted for escapes.

       --bracketed-paste [=disable]
              When  sending  text to a window, wrap the text in bracketed paste escape codes. The
              default is to not do this. A value of auto means, bracketed paste will be used only
              if the program running in the window has turned on bracketed paste mode.

              Choices: disable, auto, enable

       --help, -h
              Show help for this command

Global options

       --to   An  address  for the kitty instance to control. Corresponds to the address given to
              the kitty  instance  via  the  --listen-on  option  or  the  listen_on  setting  in
              kitty.conf.  If not specified, the environment variable KITTY_LISTEN_ON is checked.
              If that is also not found, messages are sent to the controlling terminal  for  this
              process, i.e. they will only work if this process is run within a kitty window.

       --password
              A  password to use when contacting kitty. This will cause kitty to ask the user for
              permission to perform the specified action, unless the password has  been  accepted
              before or is pre-configured in kitty.conf.

       --password-file [=rc-pass]
              A  file  from  which to read the password. Trailing whitespace is ignored. Relative
              paths are resolved from the kitty configuration  directory.  Use  -  to  read  from
              STDIN. Used if no --password is supplied. Defaults to checking for the rc-pass file
              in the kitty configuration directory.

       --password-env [=KITTY_RC_PASSWORD]
              The name of an  environment  variable  to  read  the  password  from.  Used  if  no
              --password-file   is  supplied.  Defaults  to  checking  the  environment  variable
              KITTY_RC_PASSWORD.

       --use-password [=if-available]
              If no password is available, kitty  will  usually  just  send  the  remote  control
              command  without a password. This option can be used to force it to always or never
              use the supplied password.

              Choices: if-available, always, never