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xwd(1X)
X11R6
NAME
  xwd - dump an image of an X window

SYNOPSIS
  xwd [-debug] [-help] [-nobdrs] [-out file] [-xy] [-frame] [-add value]
  [-root  | -id id | -name name] [-icmap] [-screen] [-display display]

OPTIONS
  -display display
      This argument allows you to specify the server to connect to; see
      X(1X).

  -help
      Print out the Usage: command syntax summary.

  -nobdrs
      This argument specifies that the window dump should not include the
      pixels that compose the X window border.	This is useful in situations
      where you may wish to include the window contents in a document as an
      illustration.

  -out file
      This argument allows the user to explicitly specify the output file on
      the command line.	 The default is to output to standard out.

  -xy This option applies to color displays only. It selects `XY' format
      dumping instead of the default `Z' format.

  -add value
      This option specifies an signed value to be added to every pixel.

  -frame
      This option indicates that the window manager frame should be included
      when manually selecting a window.

  -root
      This option indicates that the root window should be selected for the
      window dump, without requiring the user to select a window with the
      pointer.

  -id id
      This option indicates that the window with the specified resource id
      should be selected for the window dump, without requiring the user to
      select a window with the pointer.

  -name name
      This option indicates that the window with the specified WM_NAME
      property should be selected for the window dump, without requiring the
      user to select a window with the pointer.

  -icmap
      Normally the colormap of the chosen window is used to obtain RGB
      values. This option forces the first installed colormap of the screen
      to be used instead.

  -screen
      This option indicates that the GetImage request used to obtain the
      image should be done on the root window, rather than directly on the
      specified window.	 In this way, you can obtain pieces of other windows
      that overlap the specified window, and more importantly, you can
      capture menus or other popups that are independent windows but appear
      over the specified window.

DESCRIPTION
  The xwd utility is an X Window System window dumping utility.	 xwd allows X
  users to store window images in a specially formatted dump file.  This file
  can then be read by various other X utilities for redisplay, printing,
  editing, formatting, archiving, image processing, and so forth. The target
  window is selected by clicking the pointer in the desired window. The
  keyboard bell is rung once at the beginning of the dump and twice when the
  dump is completed.

ENVIRONMENT
  DISPLAY To get default host and display number.

FILES
  <XWDFile.h>
	  X Window Dump File format definition file.

SEE ALSO
  xwud(1X), xpr(1X), X(1X)

AUTHORS
  Tony Della Fera, Digital Equipment Corp., MIT Project Athena; William F.
  Wyatt, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

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