CLI Commands

texpand expand

Expand a trigger string and output the result.

texpand expand <input> [--config-dir <path>]

Argument	Description
input	The text to search for triggers
--config-dir	Path to match files directory (default: ~/.config/texpand/matches)

Exit codes:

• 0: Success, expansion printed to stdout
• 1: No match found

Examples:

texpand expand ":hello"
texpand expand "say :hello to the team"
texpand expand ":greet" --config-dir ./my-matches

texpand list

List all available triggers from your match files.

texpand list [--config-dir <path>]

Option	Description
--config-dir	Path to match files directory (default: ~/.config/texpand/matches)

Example output:

Trigger              Replace/Form                             Type
-------------------- ---------------------------------------- ----------
:hello               Hello World!                             text
:today               {{today}}                                text
:greet                                                        form
:choose                                                       form

texpand form

Open an interactive form directly.

texpand form <layout> [--title <title>]

Argument	Description
layout	Form layout text with [[field]] placeholders
--title	Title for the form window (default: texpand)

Example:

texpand form "Name: [[name]], Age: [[age]]" --title "User Info"

texpand config

Show configuration information.

texpand config

Outputs:

• Config directory path
• Config file path
• Available shell plugins

texpand --help

Print help information.

texpand --help
texpand expand --help
texpand list --help