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Anniekin

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Registered: 2010-03-23

Posts: 55

Q: shell .sh script to pipe xwininfo [SOLVED_by_raf]

I want to pass the Desktop window ID to xscreensaver in order have it autostart.

Unfortunately the output of xwininfo is more than just the id so i cannot use something like ../xscreensaver/xxx -window-id $(`xwininfo -name Desktop'):

xwininfo: Window id: 0x1400003 "Desktop"

Absolute upper-left X: 0
Absolute upper-left Y: 0
Relative upper-left X: 0
blahblahblah...
Override Redirect State: no
Corners: +0+0 -0+0 -0-0 +0-0
-geometry 1280x1024+0+0

Is there a way of taking just the window id "0x1400003" and passing it on to xscreensaver's command?

Last edited by Anniekin (2010-04-04 20:53:38)

raf_kig

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Registered: 2008-11-28

Posts: 143

Re: Q: shell .sh script to pipe xwininfo [SOLVED_by_raf]

xwininfo -name Desktop | awk '/Window id/ {print $4}'

Regards,

raf

/e use it like that:

xscreensaver -window-id $(xwininfo -name Desktop | awk '/Window id/ {print $4}')

Last edited by raf_kig (2010-04-04 10:25:44)

Anniekin

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Registered: 2010-03-23

Posts: 55

Re: Q: shell .sh script to pipe xwininfo [SOLVED_by_raf]

nice! thank you

raf_kig

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Registered: 2008-11-28

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Re: Q: shell .sh script to pipe xwininfo [SOLVED_by_raf]

You are welcome. Please mark the thread as solved.

Regards,

raf

Anniekin

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Registered: 2010-03-23

Posts: 55

Re: Q: shell .sh script to pipe xwininfo [SOLVED_by_raf]

how do i stop the screensaver