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+# Run xrdb(1) to query specific resources from it
+# I thought xrdb -query would do this, but it doesn't seem to, maybe I'm doing
+# it wrong
+BEGIN {
+
+ # Separator is a colon followed by a tab
+ FS = ":\t"
+
+ # Check we have at least one resource name
+ if (ARGC < 2) {
+ print "xrq: Need at least one resource name" | "cat 1>&2"
+ exit(2)
+ }
+
+ # Run `xrdb -query` and search for instances of the requested resource
+ while ("xrdb -query" | getline) {
+ for (i in ARGV) {
+ if ($1 == ARGV[i]) {
+ found = 1
+ print $2
+ continue
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ # Exit successfully if we found at least one result
+ exit(!found)
+}