it2 session lookup children
Look up immediate children sessions
Synopsis
it2 session lookup children [<session-id>] [flags]
Description
Look up all immediate children of a session in the split tree.
When a session is split, the new sessions become children of the original session.
This command returns all sessions that have the given session as their direct parent.
If no session ID is provided, uses the current session from ITERM_SESSION_ID.
If the session has no children, returns empty output.
Options
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--json - Output result as JSON
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-q,--quiet - Only output child session IDs (for scripting)
Options inherited from parent commands
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--format(default "text") - Output format (text, json, yaml) - affects how command results are displayed
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--timeout - Timeout for API operations - how long to wait for iTerm2 to respond
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--url - WebSocket URL for iTerm2 API - typically ws://localhost:1912 for local iTerm2
See Also
- it2 session lookup - Look up session relationships and hierarchy
Examples
# Basic Usage
it2 session lookup children
it2 session lookup children sess_abc123
# Scripting Example - Close all children
for child in $(it2 session lookup children -q); do
it2 session close "$child"
done