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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Can a script tell if it's running under X?
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Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
>Is there a way for a script (bash, for instance) to know
>if it's running under X, such as in an xterm or konsole?
>
>I want to have scripts that run graphical tools if the
>infrastructure is present, and text tools otherwise.
>For me this is particularly useful for tools I don't use
>all that often, and can forget that a graphical version
>exists.
>
>++ kevin
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Another way would be to check ${TERM} - on a tty, its "linux", and in X
it specifies the terminal emulator (rxvt, xterm, Eterm, etc.).
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