What does xkill means and do?

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I found it on dashboard accidentally and got a x sign on my pointer on clicking it. It doesn't go on pressing esc. What is this x sign stands for and what it does?

xkill

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I found it on dashboard accidentally and got a x sign on my pointer on clicking it. It doesn't go on pressing esc. What is this x sign stands for and what it does?

xkill

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I found it on dashboard accidentally and got a x sign on my pointer on clicking it. It doesn't go on pressing esc. What is this x sign stands for and what it does?

xkill

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I found it on dashboard accidentally and got a x sign on my pointer on clicking it. It doesn't go on pressing esc. What is this x sign stands for and what it does?

xkill

xkill

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xkill is a utility tool used for force quitting GUI apps. It is handy when some app isn't responsing or causing your system to work abnormally.

NAME
 xkill - kill a client by its X resource

DESCRIPTION
 Xkill is a utility for forcing the X server to close connections to
 clients. This program is very dangerous, but is useful for aborting
 programs that have displayed undesired windows on a user's screen. If
 no resource identifier is given with -id, xkill will display a special
 cursor as a prompt for the user to select a window to be killed. If a
 pointer button is pressed over a non-root window, the server will close
 its connection to the client that created the window.

To use it quickly you can use Alt+F2 and enter xkill and hit Enter. Alternatively, you can also type the same in Terminal. You can also define a keyboard shortcut in Settings->Devices->Keyboard to use xkill.

Your cursor will turn into cross sign and forcefully terminates(finishes the game(what I think) of) the app.

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  I have it assigned to a shortcut. Handy for killing unresponsive app windows
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  21 mins ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  @SergiyKolodyazhnyy Added about that also :-)
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xkill is a utility tool used for force quitting GUI apps. It is handy when some app isn't responsing or causing your system to work abnormally.

NAME
 xkill - kill a client by its X resource

DESCRIPTION
 Xkill is a utility for forcing the X server to close connections to
 clients. This program is very dangerous, but is useful for aborting
 programs that have displayed undesired windows on a user's screen. If
 no resource identifier is given with -id, xkill will display a special
 cursor as a prompt for the user to select a window to be killed. If a
 pointer button is pressed over a non-root window, the server will close
 its connection to the client that created the window.

To use it quickly you can use Alt+F2 and enter xkill and hit Enter. Alternatively, you can also type the same in Terminal. You can also define a keyboard shortcut in Settings->Devices->Keyboard to use xkill.

Your cursor will turn into cross sign and forcefully terminates(finishes the game(what I think) of) the app.

share|improve this answer

edited 14 mins ago

answered 1 hour ago

Kulfy

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• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I have it assigned to a shortcut. Handy for killing unresponsive app windows
  – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
  21 mins ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @SergiyKolodyazhnyy Added about that also :-)
  – Kulfy
  14 mins ago
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

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xkill is a utility tool used for force quitting GUI apps. It is handy when some app isn't responsing or causing your system to work abnormally.

NAME
 xkill - kill a client by its X resource

DESCRIPTION
 Xkill is a utility for forcing the X server to close connections to
 clients. This program is very dangerous, but is useful for aborting
 programs that have displayed undesired windows on a user's screen. If
 no resource identifier is given with -id, xkill will display a special
 cursor as a prompt for the user to select a window to be killed. If a
 pointer button is pressed over a non-root window, the server will close
 its connection to the client that created the window.

To use it quickly you can use Alt+F2 and enter xkill and hit Enter. Alternatively, you can also type the same in Terminal. You can also define a keyboard shortcut in Settings->Devices->Keyboard to use xkill.

Your cursor will turn into cross sign and forcefully terminates(finishes the game(what I think) of) the app.

share|improve this answer

edited 14 mins ago

answered 1 hour ago

Kulfy

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• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I have it assigned to a shortcut. Handy for killing unresponsive app windows
  – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
  21 mins ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @SergiyKolodyazhnyy Added about that also :-)
  – Kulfy
  14 mins ago
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

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xkill is a utility tool used for force quitting GUI apps. It is handy when some app isn't responsing or causing your system to work abnormally.

NAME
 xkill - kill a client by its X resource

DESCRIPTION
 Xkill is a utility for forcing the X server to close connections to
 clients. This program is very dangerous, but is useful for aborting
 programs that have displayed undesired windows on a user's screen. If
 no resource identifier is given with -id, xkill will display a special
 cursor as a prompt for the user to select a window to be killed. If a
 pointer button is pressed over a non-root window, the server will close
 its connection to the client that created the window.

To use it quickly you can use Alt+F2 and enter xkill and hit Enter. Alternatively, you can also type the same in Terminal. You can also define a keyboard shortcut in Settings->Devices->Keyboard to use xkill.

Your cursor will turn into cross sign and forcefully terminates(finishes the game(what I think) of) the app.

share|improve this answer

edited 14 mins ago

answered 1 hour ago

Kulfy

1,5511627

xkill is a utility tool used for force quitting GUI apps. It is handy when some app isn't responsing or causing your system to work abnormally.

NAME
 xkill - kill a client by its X resource

DESCRIPTION
 Xkill is a utility for forcing the X server to close connections to
 clients. This program is very dangerous, but is useful for aborting
 programs that have displayed undesired windows on a user's screen. If
 no resource identifier is given with -id, xkill will display a special
 cursor as a prompt for the user to select a window to be killed. If a
 pointer button is pressed over a non-root window, the server will close
 its connection to the client that created the window.

To use it quickly you can use Alt+F2 and enter xkill and hit Enter. Alternatively, you can also type the same in Terminal. You can also define a keyboard shortcut in Settings->Devices->Keyboard to use xkill.

Your cursor will turn into cross sign and forcefully terminates(finishes the game(what I think) of) the app.

share|improve this answer

edited 14 mins ago

answered 1 hour ago

Kulfy

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edited 14 mins ago

edited 14 mins ago

edited 14 mins ago

answered 1 hour ago

Kulfy

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answered 1 hour ago

Kulfy

1,5511627

answered 1 hour ago

Kulfy

1,5511627

1,5511627

• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I have it assigned to a shortcut. Handy for killing unresponsive app windows
  – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
  21 mins ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @SergiyKolodyazhnyy Added about that also :-)
  – Kulfy
  14 mins ago
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I have it assigned to a shortcut. Handy for killing unresponsive app windows
  – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
  21 mins ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @SergiyKolodyazhnyy Added about that also :-)
  – Kulfy
  14 mins ago
  
  

  
  
  
  

1

1

I have it assigned to a shortcut. Handy for killing unresponsive app windows
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
21 mins ago

I have it assigned to a shortcut. Handy for killing unresponsive app windows
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
21 mins ago

2

2

@SergiyKolodyazhnyy Added about that also :-)
– Kulfy
14 mins ago

@SergiyKolodyazhnyy Added about that also :-)
– Kulfy
14 mins ago

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