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xlsclients

list client applications running on a display


see also : X - xwininfo - xprop

Synopsis

xlsclients [-display displayname] [-a] [-l] [-m maxcmdlen]


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for i in $( xlsclients -l | grep -B2 "Command: *qiv" | grep ^Window | awk '{print $2}' | awk -F: '{print $1}' ) ; do

description

Xlsclients is a utility for listing information about the client applications running on a display. It may be used to generate scripts representing a snapshot of the user’s current session.

options

-display displayname

This option specifies the X server to contact.

-a

This option indicates that clients on all screens should be listed. By default, only those clients on the default screen are listed.

-l

List in long format, giving the window name, icon name, and class hints in addition to the machine name and command string shown in the default format.

-m maxcmdlen

This option specifies the maximum number of characters in a command to print out. The default is 10000.

display

To get the default host, display number, and screen.

environment


see also

X , xwininfo , xprop


author

Jim Fulton, MIT X Consortium

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