Name

       kitten-@-send-key - Send arbitrary key presses to the specified windows

Usage

       kitten @ send-key  [KEYS TO SEND ...]

Description

       Send  arbitrary  key  presses  to  specified windows. All specified keys are sent first as
       press events then as release events in reverse  order.  Keys  are  sent  to  the  programs
       running  in  the  windows. They are sent only if the current keyboard mode for the program
       supports the particular key. For example: send-key ctrl+a ctrl+b. Note that errors are not
       reported,  for  technical reasons, so send-key always succeeds, even if no key was sent to
       any 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.

       --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.  To  use  a  blank password specify
              --use-password as always.

       --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. Use fd:num to read from the file descriptor num. 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. If set to always and no password is provided, the  blank
              password is used.

              Choices: if-available, always, never