xkill(1) manual page
Table of Contents
xkill - kill a client by its X resource
xkill [-display displayname]
[-id resource] [-button number] [-frame] [-all]
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.
- -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.
- Button
- Specifies a specific pointer button number or the word "any" to use when
selecting windows.
X11(7)
, xwininfo(1)
, XKillClient and XGetPointerMapping
in the Xlib Programmers Manual, KillClient in the X Protocol Specification
Copyright 1988, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
See X11(7)
for a full statement of rights and permissions.
Jim Fulton,
MIT X Consortium
Dana Chee, Bellcore
Table of Contents
![[Go to CFHT Home Page]](/images/cfht-icon.gif){kind=icon}
Man Pages 
Back to Software Index 
Manpage Top Level