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ASCOMMAND(1x)															     ASCOMMAND(1x)

NAME
ascommand - send commands to AfterStep SYNOPSIS
ascommand [-f file] [-h] [-i] [-v] [-w id] [--] [command] DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the ascommand command. This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. ascommand is a program, which sends commands to the AfterStep Window Manager. OPTIONS
-f --file input commands from file (- means stdin) -h --help this help -i --interactive starts interactive communication with AfterStep -v --version print version information -w --window-id window id to send to AfterStep (in hex) -- end parsing of command line options command command to send to AfterStep If -f - or -i is specified, ascommand will read commands from standard input, and print results on standard output. -i is noisier than -f -. SEE ALSO
afterstep(1x). AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>, using help2man(1) program, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). May 28th, 2006 ASCOMMAND(1x)
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