---
name: "xprintidle"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "xprintidle"
version: "0.3.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xprintidle"
---

# xprintidle(1)

utility printing user's idle time in X

## NAME

xprintidle - utility printing user's idle time in X

## SYNOPSIS

**xprintidle** \[*OPTION*...\]

## DESCRIPTION

**xprintidle** is a utility that queries the X server for the user's idle time and prints it to stdout (in milliseconds).

## OPTIONS

### Generic Program Information

- **-h , --help**

  Output a usage message and exit.

- **-H , --human-readable**

  Output the idle time in a human-readable format.

- **-v , --version**

  Output the version number and exit.

## BUGS

Please use the GitHub bugtracker ⟨https://github.com/g0hl1n/xprintidle/issues⟩ to report bugs.

## AUTHOR

xprintidle was initially written by Magnus Henoch \<henoch@dtek.chalmers.se\>. For a full list of authors see the AUTHORS file ⟨https://github.com/g0hl1n/xprintidle/blob/master/AUTHORS⟩

This manual page was written by Milan Zamazal \<pdm@debian.org\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others) and adapted by Richard Leitner \<dev@bubus.at\> for https://github.com/g0hl1n/xprintidle.