shikanectl(1)

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💅 shikanectl — control the shikane daemon

okay bestie so this is shikanectl, section 1 of the general commands manual, and it's literally the little remote control for the shikane daemon. think of it as the group chat where you tell your display setup what to do 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

shikanectl [options] <command>

so it's shikanectl, then optionally some [options], then a <command> — that's the whole vibe. periodt 💅

🌸 OPTIONS 🌸

  • -h, --help — prints help information. your "wait what does this do again" button 🫶
  • -s, --socket socket — connects to the socket you specify. yes, you pick it ✨
  • -V, --version — prints version information. the classic "which version am i even on" moment 😭

👑 COMMANDS 👑

🦋 reload [file]

reloads the daemon's configuration file — and if you want, you can hand it a different file instead. like, "actually use this one bestie" 🔥

🦋 switch name

uses the given profile temporarily. temp era, not forever ✨

🦋 export [options] name

exports your current display setup as a shikane config. by default it includes vendor, model and serial number in the searches — that's the default, no cap. also, please use a meaningful and unique name for the new profile, it's genuinely recommended 💖

🎀 EXPORT OPTIONS 🎀

these are the little extras you can tack onto export:

  • -d, --description — include the description in the searches
  • -n, --name — include the name in the searches
  • -m, --model — include the model in the searches
  • -s, --serial — include the serial number in the searches
  • -v, --vendor — include the vendor in the searches
ngl there are two -s situations going on here — --socket up top, --serial down in export-land. iykyk 👀

🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

using shikanectl export to append the current output setup as a new profile to your existing configuration. just swap the profile name for something meaningful and unique, bestie:

shikanectl export "NEW_PROFILE_NAME" >> $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/shikane/config.toml

💀 BUGS 💀

hopefully less than 4. 💀 (that's the actual energy, we're manifesting ✨)

🫶 AUTHORS 🫶

Hendrik Wolff hendrik.wolff@agdsn.me — icon, legend, the moment 👑

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

shikane(1) — go read that one too, it's giving main character energy 🦋

and that's the page! brought to you by shikane 1.1.1, dated 2026-06-23 — mwah, drink water, unmute your monitors 💜

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