LSW(1)

hey bestie 💖 you're looking at LSW(1) from the General Commands Manual — and yes, we're about to make child windows make sense.

🌸 NAME 🌸

lsw — list child windows

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

lsw [-arou] [wid ...]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so here's the vibe: lsw lists child windows of the given window. If no windows are given, lsw lists the children of the root window. 🫶

By default, lsw lists only windows that are mapped (visible) and with the override_redirect value set to 0 (i.e., unignored). lowkey picky, highkey useful 💅

• -a — list all windows. every single one, no filter, periodt ✨
• -r — print the ID of the root window. the root ID is the main character here 👑
• -o — list windows whose override_redirect attribute is set to 1. yes, those ones 🙈
• -u — list unmapped (invisible) windows. the shy windows, basically 💀

🎀 ENVIRONMENT 🎀

lsw acts on the X display specified by the DISPLAY variable. so that's the display it's gonna talk to, bestie 🌈

💖 SEE ALSO 💖

go check out ignw(1), mapw(1), and xargs(1) too 🦋

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💖 page from wmutils — that's the source/version, bestie — dated December 13, 2014 • bye, slay, and happy window-listing 💅✨