Difference between pages "Find out a window's application" and "Hidden files"

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If you have a window on your desktop and you want to know which application it belongs to, [[open a console]] and enter the command
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Hidden files under Linux are files that start with a dot. They are not included when using the * operator in [[bash]]:
  xprop
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  # ls
and click on the window you are interested in. You will get an output like
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.hidden a.out  datei  main.cpp
  [...]
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  # ls *
  WM_CLIENT_LEADER(WINDOW): window id # 0x3200001
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  a.out datei main.cpp
  '''_NET_WM_PID(CARDINAL) = 7661'''
 
WM_LOCALE_NAME(STRING) = "en_US.UTF-8"
 
WM_CLIENT_MACHINE(STRING) = "tweedleburg"
 
WM_NORMAL_HINTS(WM_SIZE_HINTS):
 
                program specified minimum size: 0 by 0
 
                window gravity: NorthWest
 
  WM_PROTOCOLS(ATOM): protocols  WM_DELETE_WINDOW, WM_TAKE_FOCUS, _NET_WM_PING, _NET_WM_SYNC_REQUEST
 
'''WM_CLASS(STRING) = "Navigator", "Firefox"'''
 
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From this you can tell that the application identifies itself as "Navigator", "Firefox". If this is too unsure for you, have a look at the process ID PID, which is 7661 in the above example:
 
  ps -A |grep 7661
 
  7661 ?        01:00:53 firefox-bin
 
By this you see that the [[process]] that manages the Window is number 7661 and called firefox-bin.
 

Revision as of 08:45, 16 June 2012

Hidden files under Linux are files that start with a dot. They are not included when using the * operator in bash:

# ls
.hidden  a.out  datei  main.cpp
# ls *
a.out  datei  main.cpp