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NAME
      xkill - kill a client by its X resource

SYNOPSIS
      xkill [-display displayname] [-id resource] [-button number] [-frame]
      [-all]

DESCRIPTION
      Xkill is a utility for forcing the X server to close connections to
      clients.  This program is very dangerous, but is useful for aborting
      programs that have displayed undesired windows on a user's screen.  If no
      resource identifier is given with -id, xkill will display a special
      cursor as a prompt for the user to select a window to be killed.  If a
      pointer button is pressed over a non-root window, the server will close
      its connection to the client that created the window.

OPTIONS
      -display displayname
              This option specifies the name of the X server to contact.

      -id resource
              This option specifies the X identifier for the resource whose
              creator is to be aborted.  If no resource is specified, xkill
              will display a special cursor with which you should select a
              window to be kill.

      -button number
              This option specifies the number of pointer button that should be
              used in selecting a window to kill. If the word "any" is
              specified, any button on the pointer may be used.  By default,
              the first button in the pointer map (which is usually the
              leftmost button) is used.

      -all    This option indicates that all clients with top-level windows on
              the screen should be killed.  Xkill will ask you to select the
              root window with each of the currently defined buttons to give
              you several chances to abort.  Use of this option is highly
              discouraged.

      -frame  This option indicates that xkill should ignore the standard
              conventions for finding top-level client windows (which are
              typically nested inside a window manager window), and simply
              believe that you want to kill direct children of the root.

XDEFAULTS
      Button  Specifies a specific pointer button number or the word "any" to
              use when selecting windows.

SEE ALSO
      X(1), xwininfo(1), XKillClient and XGetPointerMapping in the Xlib
      Programmers Manual, KillClient in the X Protocol Specification



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COPYRIGHT
      Copyright 1988, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
      See X(1) for a full statement of rights and permissions.

AUTHOR
      Jim Fulton, MIT X Consortium
      Dana Chee, Bellcore















































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