---
name: "appres"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "xorg-appres"
version: "1.0.7-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/appres"
---

# appres(1)

list X application resource database

## NAME

appres - list X application resource database

## SYNOPSIS

**appres** \[class \[instance\]\] \[-1\] \[-V\] \[toolkitoptions\]

## DESCRIPTION

The *appres* program prints the resources seen by an application (or subhierarchy of an application) with the specified *class* and *instance* names.  It can be used to determine which resources a particular program will load.  For example,

```
% appres  XTerm
```

will list the resources that any *xterm* program will load. If no application class is specified, the class *-AppResTest-* is used.

To match a particular instance name, specify an instance name explicitly after the class name, or use the normal Xt toolkit option. For example,

```
% appres  XTerm  myxterm
```

or

```
% appres  XTerm  -name  myxterm
```

To list resources that match a subhierarchy of an application, specify hierarchical class and instance names.  The number of class and instance components must be equal, and the instance name should not be specified with a toolkit option.  For example,

```
% appres  Xman.TopLevelShell.Form  xman.topBox.form
```

will list the resources of widgets of *xman* topBox hierarchy. To list just the resources matching a specific level in the hierarchy, use the -1 option.  For example,

```
% appres  XTerm.VT100  xterm.vt100  -1
```

will list the resources matching the *xterm* vt100 widget.

The -V option prints the appres command version and exits.

## SEE ALSO

[X(7)](/X/7.md), [xrdb(1)](/xrdb/1.md), [listres(1)](/listres/1.md)

## AUTHOR

Jim Fulton, MIT X Consortium