i3-msg command work when typing it manually in terminal but not executing it in a script

[Pismice]

Context:
I like to give names to my workspaces, so I often find myself typing this type of "long" commands: /bin/i3-msg 'rename workspace "1" to "1: internet"'
The problem with this is that I always have to rewrite the old name and not forget to add again the "1: " in the new name.
So I write a small Zig app to do this for me: I would just pass the id of the workspace I want to change and the new name I want. ex: ./my_app 4 docs, could change something from "4: blabla" to 4: docs"

Problem:
When executing my script I get this error:

ERROR: Your command: 'rename workspace "1: docs" to "1: docs"'

ERROR:               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
ERROR: Expected one of these tokens: <end>, '[', 'move', 'exec', 'exit', 'restart', 'reload', 'shmlog', 'debuglog', 'border', 'layout', 'append_layout', 'workspace', 'focus', 'kill', 'open', 'fullscreen', 'sticky', 'split', 'floating', 'mark', 'unmark', 'resize', 'rename', 'nop', 'scratchpad', 'swap', 'title_format', 'title_window_icon', 'mode', 'bar', 'gaps'

but when just copying pasting the same command:
/bin/i3-msg 'rename workspace "1: docs" to "1: docs"'
I get:
[{"success":true}]

What I tried:
Adding a \n at the end of my parameter in my Zig script

[orestisfl]

The shell removes the single quotes `'`, try without them

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On Wed, 15 May 2024, 19:56 Pismice, ***@***.***> wrote: Context: I like to give names to my workspaces, so I often find myself typing this type of "long" commands: /bin/i3-msg 'rename workspace "1" to "1: internet"' The problem with this is that I always have to rewrite the old name and not forget to add again the "1: " in the new name. So I write a small Zig app to do this for me: I would just pass the id of the workspace I want to change and the new name I want. ex: ./my_app 4 docs, could change something from "4: blabla" to 4: docs" Problem: When executing my script I get this error: ERROR: Your command: 'rename workspace "1: docs" to "1: docs"' ERROR: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ERROR: Expected one of these tokens: <end>, '[', 'move', 'exec', 'exit', 'restart', 'reload', 'shmlog', 'debuglog', 'border', 'layout', 'append_layout', 'workspace', 'focus', 'kill', 'open', 'fullscreen', 'sticky', 'split', 'floating', 'mark', 'unmark', 'resize', 'rename', 'nop', 'scratchpad', 'swap', 'title_format', 'title_window_icon', 'mode', 'bar', 'gaps' but when just copying pasting the same command: /bin/i3-msg 'rename workspace "1: docs" to "1: docs"' I get: [{"success":true}] What I tried: Adding a \n at the end of my parameter in my Zig script — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#6056>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABMCZPVZEVM3NJCU4U72NWLZCOOU3AVCNFSM6AAAAABHYUQLCCVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43ERDJONRXK43TNFXW4OZWGY3TGNJUGY> . You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[Pismice]

Yep it worked, I remove those ' and passed each word as a different argument