1XWD(1) General Commands Manual XWD(1)
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6 xwd - dump an image of an X window
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9 xwd [-debug] [-help] [-nobdrs] [-out file] [-xy] [-frame] [-add value]
10 [-root | -id id | -name name ] [-icmap] [-screen] [-silent] [-display
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14 Xwd is an X Window System window dumping utility. Xwd allows X users
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16 can then be read by various other X utilities for redisplay, printing,
17 editing, formatting, archiving, image processing, etc. The target win‐
18 dow is selected by clicking the pointer in the desired window. The
19 keyboard bell is rung once at the beginning of the dump and twice when
20 the dump is completed.
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23 -display display
24 This argument allows you to specify the server to connect to;
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27 -help Print out the `Usage:' command syntax summary.
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29 -nobdrs This argument specifies that the window dump should not include
30 the pixels that compose the X window border. This is useful in
31 situations where you may wish to include the window contents in
32 a document as an illustration.
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34 -out file
35 This argument allows the user to explicitly specify the output
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39 -xy This option applies to color displays only. It selects `XY'
40 format dumping instead of the default `Z' format.
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43 This option specifies a signed value to be added to every
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46 -frame This option indicates that the window manager frame should be
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49 -root This option indicates that the root window should be selected
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53 -id id This option indicates that the window with the specified
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57 -name name
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62 -icmap Normally the colormap of the chosen window is used to obtain
63 RGB values. This option forces the first installed colormap of
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66 -screen This option indicates that the GetImage request used to obtain
67 the image should be done on the root window, rather than
68 directly on the specified window. In this way, you can obtain
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70 more importantly, you can capture menus or other popups that
71 are independent windows but appear over the specified window.
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73 -silent Operate silently, i.e. don't ring any bells before and after
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77 This option indicates that xwd should print its version infor‐
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85 X Window Dump File format definition file.
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91 Tony Della Fera, Digital Equipment Corp., MIT Project Athena
92 William F. Wyatt, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
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