Manual: xkill

XKILL(1)					   General Commands Manual					    XKILL(1)

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 appli‐
       cations 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.

SEE ALSO
       X(7), xwininfo(1), XKillClient(3), XGetPointerMapping(3), KillClient in the X Protocol Specification

AUTHOR
       Jim Fulton, MIT X Consortium
       Dana Chee, Bellcore

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