---
name: "sawfish-client"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "sawfish"
version: "1:1.11.90-1.2+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/sawfish-client"
---

# sawfish-client(1)

Evaluate arbitrary Lisp forms with sawfish.

## NAME

sawfish-client — Evaluate arbitrary Lisp forms with sawfish.

## SYNOPSIS

**sawfish-client** \[ **--display** *X \]  \[* **-q** *\]  \[* **-f** *FUNCTION \]  \[* **-c** *COMMAND \]  \[* **-r** *FEATURE \]  \[* **-e** *FORM \]  \[* **-** *\]  \[* **--** *\]*

## DESCRIPTION

*This allows you to connect to a window manager process and*  *evaluate arbitrary Lisp forms.*

## OPTIONS

- **--display**

  *Connect to the window manager on display X*

- **-q**

  *Be quiet (perform commands asynchronously)*

- **-f** **FUNCTION**

  *Call Lisp function FUNCTION* on the server

- **-c** **COMMAND**

  Call the interactive Lisp function *COMMAND*

- **-r** **FEATURE**

  Require the module called *FEATURE*

- **-e** **FORM**

  Evaluate Lisp form *FORM* on the server

- **-**

  Read lines of input until *EOF*, evaluating each one as it is read

- **--**

  Read forms from standard input until *EOF*, evaluating the whole lot in one go (inside a progn)

## SEE ALSO

Sawfish are documented fully by *John Harper*       available via the **Info** system .

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Christian Marillat marillat@debian.org for  the **Debian GNU/Linux** system (but may be used by others).