Linux cli command xrefresh

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NAME 🖥️ xrefresh 🖥️

refresh all or part of an X screen

SYNOPSIS

xrefresh [-option …]

DESCRIPTION

Xrefresh is a simple X program that causes all or part of your screen to be repainted. This is useful when system messages have messed up your screen. Xrefresh maps a window on top of the desired area of the screen and then immediately unmaps it, causing refresh events to be sent to all applications. By default, a window with no background is used, causing all applications to repaint ``smoothly.’’ However, the various options can be used to indicate that a solid background (of any color) or the root window background should be used instead.

ARGUMENTS

-white
Use a white background. The screen just appears to flash quickly, and then repaint.

-black
Use a black background. This can be somewhat disorienting as everything goes black for a moment.

-solid color
Use a solid background of the specified color. Try green.

-root
Use the root window background.

-none
This is the default. All of the windows simply repaint.

-geometry WxH+X+Y
Specifies the portion of the screen to be repainted; see X(7).

-display display
This argument allows you to specify the server and screen to refresh; see X(7).

-version
This argument prints the program version and exits.

X DEFAULTS

The xrefresh program uses the routine XGetDefault(3) to read defaults, so its resource names are all capitalized.

Black, White*,* Solid*,* None*,* Root**
Determines what sort of window background to use.

Geometry
Determines the area to refresh. Not very useful.

ENVIRONMENT

DISPLAY - To get default host and display number.

SEE ALSO

X(7)

BUGS

It should have just one default type for the background.

AUTHORS

Jim Gettys, Digital Equipment Corp., MIT Project Athena

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