---
name: "wdread"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "windowmaker"
version: "0.96.0-5"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wdread"
---

# wdread(1)

read value from defaults database

## NAME

**wdread** - read value from defaults database

## SYNOPSIS

**wdread** \[*options*\] *domain* *key*

## DESCRIPTION

**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*.

## SEE ALSO

[**wdwrite**(1)](/wdwrite/1.md), [**wmaker**(1)](/wmaker/1.md)

## AUTHOR

Window Maker was written by Alfredo K. Kojima \<kojima@windowmaker.info\>, 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).