---
name: "urxvtcd"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "rxvt-unicode"
version: "9.31-3+b2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/urxvtcd"
---

# urxvtcd(1)

start a urxvtc and/or urxvtd

## NAME

urxvtcd - start a urxvtc and/or urxvtd

## SYNOPSIS

**urxvtcd** \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

The **urxvtcd** script automatically starts [**urxvtd**(1)](/urxvtd/1.md) if it is not running, and then runs [**urxvtc**(1)](/urxvtc/1.md) with the specified arguments.

## OPTIONS

All options are passed to [**urxvtc**(1)](/urxvtc/1.md) as-is.

## AUTHOR

rxvt-unicode was written by Marc Alexander Lehmann \<rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de\>.

This manual page was written by Decklin Foster \<decklin@red-bean.com\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).