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xlsclients

XLSCLIENTS(1)						      General Commands Manual						     XLSCLIENTS(1)

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(7x), xwininfo(1), xprop(1)

AUTHOR

       Jim Fulton, MIT X Consortium

X Version 11							    Release 6.6 						     XLSCLIENTS(1)

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