BartlebyScrivener wrote: > Hello, > > I have been play with the ps command and trying various options. Is > there an option combo that will show me just the running applications: > firefox, gvim, mutt, etc? Or another Linux command that will show me > just the applications I have opened in various terminals? I'm looking > for the equivalent of what you get on Windows XP when you triple > finger and select the applications tab instead of the processes tab. > Oh, using fluxbox for a window manager, if that matters, but I also > know gnome pretty well. > > The wmctrl command with the -l option will list windows on your current display, given a supportive window-manager. fluxbox is one such. Other options _might_ get you the name of the command owning (a) window(s), but that is entirely up to the command. The kernel knows nothing about what process has a window open. For non-X apps, check the tty field of the ps output. Interactive commands will have a controlling tty.
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