wezterm cli spawn

Run wezterm cli spawn --help to see more help

Spawn a command into a new tab or window. Outputs the pane-id for the newly created pane on success.

When run with no arguments, it will spawn a new tab running the default program; this example spawns a new pane with id 1 running that default program (most likely: your shell):

$ wezterm cli spawn
1

You may spawn an alternative program by passing the argument list; it is recommended that you use -- to denote the end of the arguments being passed to wezterm cli spawn so that any parameters you may wish to pass to the program are not confused with parameters to wezterm cli spawn. This example launches top in a new tab:

$ wezterm cli spawn -- top
2

This example explicitly runs bash as a login shell:

$ wezterm cli spawn -- bash -l
3

The following options affect the behavior:

• --cwd CWD - Specifies the current working directory that should be set for the spawned program
• --domain-name DOMAIN_NAME - Spawn into the named multiplexer domain. The default is to spawn into the domain of the current pane.
• --new-window - Spawns the tab into a window of its own.
• --workspace WORKSPACE - when using --new-window, set the workspace name rather than using the default name of "default".
• --window-id WINDOW_ID - Spawn the tab into the specified window, rather than using the current window