xkill(1X)xkill(1X)NAMExkill - kill a client by its X resource
SYNOPSISxkill [-display displayname] [-id resource] [-button number] [-frame]
[-all]
OPTIONS
This option specifies the name of the X server to contact. 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. 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. 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. 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.
DESCRIPTION
The xkill command is a utility for forcing the X server to close con‐
nections 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 dis‐
play 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.
XDEFAULTS
Specifies a specific pointer button number or the word "any" to use
when selecting windows.
SEE ALSOX(1X), xwininfo(1X), XKillClient and XGetPointerMapping in the Xlib
Programmers Manual, KillClient in the X Protocol Specification
AUTHOR
Jim Fulton, MIT X Consortium
Dana Chee, Bellcore
xkill(1X)