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Getting windows with xprop
get_hex_xids()
{
xprop -root -notype _NET_CLIENT_LIST | \
awk 'BEGIN{printf "ibase=16"}\
{gsub(/\,/," ");for(i=1;i<=NF;i++) \
if ($i~/0x/) printf ";%s",substr(toupper($i),3) }'
}
convert_hex2dec()
{
HEXIDS=$(get_hex_xids)
echo $HEXIDS | bc
}
print_header()
{
printf "%s\t%s\t%s\n" "XID" "TYPE" "TITLE"
printf "%s\n" "--------------------------------"
}
list_info()
{
convert_hex2dec | while read line;
do
TYPE=$( xprop -id $line _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE | awk -F '=' '{print $2}' )
if [ $TYPE != "_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_NORMAL" ]; then
continue
fi
CLASS=$(xprop -id $line WM_CLASS | awk -F '=' '{print $2}' )
NAME=$( xprop -id $line _NET_WM_NAME | awk -F '=' '{print $2}' )
printf "\n%s|%s|%s\n" "$line" "$CLASS" "$NAME"
done
}
print_header
list_info
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