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Name

xlsclients - list client applications running on a display

Synopsis

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

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.

Environment

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

See Also

X(7) , xwininfo(1) , xprop(1)

Author

Jim Fulton, MIT X Consortium


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