Mac - List opened windows in terminal

Question

I want to list opened windows in the terminal to get x, y, width and height like xwininfo -root -tree for X11.

I tried:

osacript -e tell application "Microsoft Word" to get the bounds of the front window

But it's does not work for all Application and you can't specify a child (If you have two Word Document, it return the first opened).

Nelidanelie

Answer 1

To get the position of all windows:

osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to get the position of every window of every process'

The size:

osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to get the size of every window of every process'

The title:

osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to get the title of every window of every process'

Check the reference in AppleScript Editor for more properties.

Regina

Thanks but it does not work. When I try : osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to get the position of every window of every process' I have this error : execution error: System Events got an error: Access for assistive devices is disabled. (-25211) – Nelidanelie

go to system preferences -> universal access and enable "Enable access for assistive devices" – Regina

Thanks a lot! Last question, how I can determine if the window is in the dock (hidden) or on the front ? – Nelidanelie

I found I also had to restart my terminal (iTerm) for permission to be granted (Big Sur) – Echopraxia

In Terminal, to print a window title on each line, you can use (without triple quotes): """ osascript -e 'set output to ""' -e 'tell application "System Events"' -e 'repeat with proc in every process' -e 'repeat with w in every window of proc' -e 'set output to output & (name of w) & "\n"' -e 'end repeat' -e 'end repeat' -e 'end tell' -e 'output' """ – Ferromagnetic