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xkill(1X)
X11R6
NAME
  xkill - kill a client by its X resource

SYNOPSIS
  xkill [-display displayname] [-id resource] [-button number] [-frame]
  [-all]

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.

DESCRIPTION
  The xkill command 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.

XDEFAULTS
  Button  Specifies a specific pointer button number or the word "any" to use
	  when selecting windows.

SEE ALSO
  X(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

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