What program is running in that window?
Posted: 29 Dec 2013, 14:21
I often have this nice windows with programs that I want to run from the CLI.
The problem is that this might not be visible so here is a tip:
Now you can move your cursor over the window and click and read the name in the terminal..
If you enter the command in a terminal and click on your chromium browser the output will be like this:
That would be the command you would need to start it from the Terminal. Most people know that so clicking on your xfce panel might be more useful:
The problem is that this might not be visible so here is a tip:
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name=xprop | awk '/CLASS/'
Now you can move your cursor over the window and click and read the name in the terminal..
If you enter the command in a terminal and click on your chromium browser the output will be like this:
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[viking@thomas-pc ~]$ xprop | awk '/CLASS/'
WM_CLASS(STRING) = "chromium", "Chromium"That would be the command you would need to start it from the Terminal. Most people know that so clicking on your xfce panel might be more useful:
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[viking@thomas-pc ~]$ xprop | awk '/CLASS/'
WM_CLASS(STRING) = "xfce4-panel", "Xfce4-panel"