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Operating Systems Linux Ubuntu Wildcard with xdotool Post 303031712 by drew77 on Monday 4th of March 2019 09:30:51 PM
Old 03-04-2019
Wildcard with xdotool

The window id for the particular popup window is different each time, so this scripts often does not work.


Is there a way I could use a wildcard ?


Ex. xdotool key --window 1677*.* alt+F4

or go through all the relevant window IDs and filter what I need and discard the rest.

This gives me the correct window id.

Code:
xdotool search --name "Error" > Window_IDs.txt

I just need it to substitute the value it gets for the 16777491 xdotool key --window 16777491 alt+F4


Code:
#!/bin/bash
    # xdotool selectwindow This determines the window id or 2nd method
    # xdotool search --name "Error"
    #
    # Does not work because for some reason, the window id is different every time ?
    xdotool key --window 16777491 alt+F4
    # 
    #16777782
    #16777491
    #16778087
     #

I have provided ALL the info that I think pertains to this help request.

Last edited by RudiC; 03-05-2019 at 05:04 AM..
 

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NAME
glutCreateWindow - creates a top-level window. SYNTAX
#include <GLUT/glut.h> int glutCreateWindow(char *name); ARGUMENTS
name ASCII character string for use as window name. DESCRIPTION
glutCreateWindow creates a top-level window. The name will be provided to the window system as the window's name. The intent is that the window system will label the window with the name. Implicitly, the current window is set to the newly created window. Each created window has a unique associated OpenGL context. State changes to a window's associated OpenGL context can be done immediately after the window is created. The display state of a window is initially for the window to be shown. But the window's display state is not actually acted upon until glutMainLoop is entered. This means until glutMainLoop is called, rendering to a created window is ineffective because the window can not yet be displayed. The value returned is a unique small integer identifier for the window. The range of allocated identifiers starts at one. This window identifier can be used when calling glutSetWindow. X IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
The proper X Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual (ICCCM) top-level properties are established. The WM_COMMAND property that lists the command line used to invoke the GLUT program is only established for the first window created. SEE ALSO
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Mark J. Kilgard (mjk@nvidia.com) GLUT
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