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dxdw(8)								       dxdw(8)

NAME
       dxdw - Runs and repeats command line commands

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/bin/X11/dxdw [-c initial_command]

OPTIONS
       Specifies  the  command	to run. The command string must be enclosed in
       double quotes if it contains any spaces or  special  characters	inter‐
       preted by the shell.

       Display	Window	accepts	 all  of  the  standard X Toolkit command line
       options, which are documented in the OPTIONS section of the X(1X)  ref‐
       erence page.

DESCRIPTION
       The  Display  Window  application, dxdw, can be used to run commands at
       specified time intervals.

       You can use Display Window to: Run a command and display	 a  transcript
       of the output Repeat a command at regular intervals Print the output to
       the default printer Save the output to a file

       You can use Display Window to run common commands without starting up a
       full  xterm.  The  optional -c option specifies an initial command. The
       Display Window application presents a transcript containing the current
       command,	 its  output,  and  its	 command-line  error messages. You can
       change the command after the application starts. The transcript area is
       output-only,  so	 you  cannot  use  Display Window to run commands that
       require user interaction on the command line.

       The Display Window application can be invoked from the CDE  Application
       Manager from the following categories:

       Application Group:	System_Admin
       System Admin Subgroup:	Daily Admin

       When  the  Display  Window main window invoked, the transcript is empty
       because there is no command running. Enter a command to run in the Com‐
       mand input text field.

       Because	Display	 Window can be started with a default initial command,
       several launchpoints have been created in the  Application  Manager  to
       run  specific command-line applications. These applications include I/O
       Statistics (iostat), Network Statistics (netstat), Virtual Memory  Sta‐
       tistics (vmstat), and Who? (who).

       To  start  one of the preceding applications within Display Window from
       the CDE desktop: Click on the Application Manager icon on the CDE front
       panel.	Double click on the System_Admin application group icon.  Dou‐
       ble click on the Tools application group icon.	Double	click  on  the
       icon for the command you want to run in the Display Window application.

	      The  Display  Window  application	 invokes the command once. The
	      output from the command is displayed in the transcript area.

       You can also start Display Window from the command line. To start  Dis‐
       play   Window   from   the   command   line,   enter   the   following:
       /usr/bin/X11/dxdw [-c initial_command]

       The -c option specifies the command string to run when  Display	Window
       is  started.   On the command line, the command string must be enclosed
       in double quotes if it contains any spaces or special characters inter‐
       preted by the shell.

       The  command  string  can  be  any of the following: A single command A
       series of commands in a pipeline (|) A series of commands separated  by
       semicolons

       After Display Window starts, a new command string can be entered in the
       Command input text field. In the graphical user interface,  it  is  not
       necessary to enclose the command string in double quotes.

       To  enter a new command string: Clear the Command input text field if a
       command is already present.  Enter a new command string in the  Command
       input text field.  Press the Return key in the Command input text field
       to run the command.

EXAMPLES
       The following example runs the iostat command one time in  the  Display
       Window  application.  You can use the Repeat Every dialog box to repeat
       the command at regular intervals.  dxdw -c iostat The  following	 exam‐
       ples  show how to use Display Window from the command line.  dxdw -c df
       dxdw -c "ps -aef" dxdw -c "ps -aef | grep dxdw" dxdw -c	"mount;	 show‐
       mount"  You can view the Display Window online help volume without run‐
       ning the application. To open the Display Window help volume  from  the
       command	line, enter the following command: /usr/dt/bin/dthelpview -h \
       /usr/dt/appconfig/help/C/Dxdw.sdl

FILES
       Contains the Display Window application executable Contains the Display
       Window  help volume Contains the default values for the application's X
       resources

SEE ALSO
       Commands: iostat(1), netstat(1), vmstat(1), who(1), X(1X)

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