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dxdw(8)
NAME
  dxdw - Runs and repeats command line commands

SYNOPSIS
  /usr/bin/X11/dxdw [-c initial_command]

OPTIONS
  -c  Specifies the command to run. The command string must be enclosed in
      double quotes if it contains any spaces or special characters
      interpreted by the shell.

  Display Window accepts all of the standard X Toolkit command line options,
  which are documented in the OPTIONS section of the X(1X) reference page.

DESCRIPTION
  The Display Window application, dxdw, can be used to run commands at
  specified time intervals.

  You can use Display Window to:

    ·  Run a command and display a transcript of the output

    ·  Repeat a command at regular intervals

    ·  Print the output to the default printer

    ·  Save the output to a file

  You can use Display Window to run common commands without starting up a
  full xterm. The optional -c option specifies an initial command. The
  Display Window application presents a transcript containing the current
  command, its output, and its command-line error messages. You can change
  the command after the application starts. The transcript area is output-
  only, so you cannot use Display Window to run commands that require user
  interaction on the command line.

  The Display Window application can be invoked from the CDE Application
  Manager from the following categories:

  Application Group:	   System_Admin
  System Admin Subgroup:   Daily Admin

  When the Display Window main window invoked, the transcript is empty
  because there is no command running. Enter a command to run in the Command
  input text field.

  Because Display Window can be started with a default initial command,
  several launchpoints have been created in the Application Manager to run
  specific command-line applications. These applications include I/O
  Statistics (iostat), Network Statistics (netstat), Virtual Memory
  Statistics (vmstat), and Who? (who).

  To start one of the preceding applications within Display Window from the
  CDE desktop:

   1.  Click on the Application Manager icon on the CDE front panel.

   2.  Double click on the System_Admin application group icon.

   3.  Double click on the Tools application group icon.

   4.  Double click on the icon for the command you want to run in the
       Display Window application.

       The Display Window application invokes the command once. The output
       from the command is displayed in the transcript area.

  You can also start Display Window from the command line. To start Display
  Window from the command line, enter the following:

       /usr/bin/X11/dxdw [-c initial_command]

  The -c option specifies the command string to run when Display Window is
  started.  On the command line, the command string must be enclosed in
  double quotes if it contains any spaces or special characters interpreted
  by the shell.

  The command string can be any of the following:

    ·  A single command

    ·  A series of commands in a pipeline (|)

    ·  A series of commands separated by semicolons

  After Display Window starts, a new command string can be entered in the
  Command input text field. In the graphical user interface, it is not
  necessary to enclose the command string in double quotes.

  To enter a new command string:

   1.  Clear the Command input text field if a command is already present.

   2.  Enter a new command string in the Command input text field.

   3.  Press the Return key in the Command input text field to run the
       command.

EXAMPLES
   1.  The following example runs the iostat command one time in the Display
       Window application. You can use the Repeat Every dialog box to repeat
       the command at regular intervals.
	    dxdw -c iostat

   2.  The following examples show how to use Display Window from the command
       line.
	    dxdw -c df
	    dxdw -c "ps -aef"
	    dxdw -c "ps -aef | grep dxdw"
	    dxdw -c "mount; showmount"

   3.  You can view the Display Window online help volume without running the
       application. To open the Display Window help volume from the command
       line, enter the following command:
	    /usr/dt/bin/dthelpview -h \
	    /usr/dt/appconfig/help/C/Dxdw.sdl

FILES
  /usr/bin/X11/dxdw
      Contains the Display Window application executable

  /usr/dt/appconfig/help/C/Dxdw.sdl
      Contains the Display Window help volume

  /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/Dxdw
      Contains the default values for the application's X resources

SEE ALSO
  Commands: iostat(1), netstat(1), vmstat(1), who(1), X(1X)

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