wdread(1)

wdread1

Read value from defaults database

Usage

wdread [options] domain key

Overview

wdread gets the value associated with the key key from the domain domain and prints it on stdout.

Options

--help

print a help message with the list of options

--version

print the version of Window Maker from which the program comes

Exit status

The program wdread will exit with the following code:

0

when the key was successfully found and its content printed.

1

if the program was not invoked properly (unknown option or incorrect argument count).

1

if the domain's file could not be read (probably nonexistent domain).

2

if the key was not found in the domain.

Releases

8 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 7–8
  2. 9–Arch

--h until Debian 8 (Jessie); --v until Debian 8 (Jessie).

Author

Window Maker was written by Alfredo K. Kojima <[email protected]>, wdread is a part of Window Maker, was cowardly remade from wdwrite.c; by judas@hell on Jan 26 2001

This manpage was written by Rodolfo García Peñas (kix) for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

From windowmaker 0.96.0-5 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.