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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 dangerous but
useful for aborting programs that have displayed
undesired windows on a user's screen. If no resource
identifier is given with -id, xkill displays a special
cursor as a prompt for the user to select a window to
be killed. If the specified pointer button is pressed
over a non-root window, the server closes its
connection to the client that created the window.
When the twm(1) window manager is running, mouse
selection of the target client window kills the parent
of the window manager instead of the child client
window.
OPTIONS
-display displayname
specifies the name of the X server to contact.
-id resource
specifies the X identifier for the resource whose
creator is to be aborted. If no resource is
specified, xkill displays a special cursor with
which you should select a window to be kill.
-button number
specifies the number of the 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. If any button other than the one
specified is pressed, xkill exits with no other
action.
-all
indicates that all clients with top-level windows
on the screen should be killed. xkill asks 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.
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-frame
indicates that xkill should ignore the standard
conventions for finding top-level client windows
(which are typically nested inside the window of a
window manager), 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
xwininfo(1)
AUTHOR
Jim Fulton, MIT X Consortium
Dana Chee, Bellcore
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