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Old 11-21-2005, 09:49 PM   #1
joely2k
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Retrieve Window ID in command line..

If I have 3 windows, 2 is Xterm and 1 is Gvim... what is the command line in Linux I can use to extract
all the window ID or NAME without using mouse clicks... just command line....
 
Old 11-22-2005, 03:31 PM   #2
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see my other post.
 
Old 11-22-2005, 04:21 PM   #3
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man xwininfo
Code:
xwininfo -tree -root | grep the_good_pattern
 
Old 11-26-2005, 11:44 AM   #4
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The utility I gave you in your other thread:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...18#post1968818

can do this with the -l option.

This is similar to xwininfo -root -tree but the syntax is just 'id name' so it's easier to grep the output (note that it only lists named windows that accept focus).
 
  


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