xlsclients - Man Page

list client applications running on a display

Synopsis

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

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.

-version

Print the program version and exit.

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

Info

xlsclients 1.1.4 X Version 11