xrdb-get is a utility that allows easy access to values from X Resources (xrdb) from the command line without need for complex command chains with unforeseen bugs.

To get a value from X Resources, simply run xrdb-get <key-name> (eg. xrdb-get background) and the value will be printed to stdout.

~/.Xresources

*.color0 					#2E3440
dmenu.font:	                SFMono:size=12

$ xrdb-get dmenu.color0
#2E3440
$ xrdb-get termite.color0
#2E3440
$ xrdb-get dmenu.font
SFMono:size=12
$ xrdb-get termite.font # (no value)

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This repo can be installed with pacman on Arch Linux. Clone this repo, cd into the directory and run makepkg -si to build and install a package.

On other distros, clone the repo, cd into the directory, run make to compile the program followed by sudo make install to install it to /usr/local/bin