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PROGRAM:

NAME


xkill - kill a client by its X resource

SYNOPSIS


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

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.

-version
This option makes xkill print its version and exit without killing anything.

CAVEATS


This command does not provide any warranty that the application whose connection to the X
server is closed will abort nicely, or even abort at all. All this command does is to
close the connection to the X server. Many existing applications do indeed abort when
their connection to the X server is closed, but some can choose to continue.

XDEFAULTS


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

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