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killw - kill windows


KILLW(1) General Commands Manual KILLW(1)

NAME

killw — kill windows

SYNOPSIS

killw [−p] wid [...]

DESCRIPTION

killw will destroy the window passed as an argument, and all its children.

OPTIONS
−p

Kill the parent application of the window instead of the window itself. This is useful to terminate frozen applications (This will close all the windows belonging to the applications).

ENVIRONMENT

killw acts on the X display specified by the DISPLAY variable. wmutils December 13, 2014 KILLW(1)


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