FvwmCommand1

Send commands to fvwm3.

Usage

FvwmCommand command

Overview

FvwmCommand allows the user to send commands to fvwm3. This is useful for external use from shell-scripts or other languages.

Invocation

FvwmCommand command

Options

FvwmCommand accepts the following command-line arguments:

-c: Read and send commands from stdin

-f filename: Use unix socket (filename) to connect to FvwmMFL

-i [infolevel]: 0 - default >0 - print output from FvwmMFL

-d: Print detailed diagnostic messages

-v: Print version number.

Releases

12 releases since Debian 2.2 (Potato); the text changed 9 times.

2.2
3.0
3.1
4.0
5.0
6.0–7
8
9
10–11
Arch

-c since Debian 3.0 (Woody); -d since Arch Linux 2026-11-01.

-F until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -S until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -m until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -r until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -w until Debian 11 (Bullseye).