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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) {
+        stderr = "cat >&2"
+        print "xrq: Need at least one resource name" | stderr
+        close(stderr)
+        exit(2)
+    }
+
+    # Run `xrdb -query` and search for instances of the requested resource
+    xrdb = "xrdb -query"
+    found = 0
+    while (xrdb | getline)
+        for (i in ARGV)
+            if ($1 == ARGV[i]) {
+                found = 1
+                print $2
+            }
+    close(xrdb)
+
+    # Exit successfully if we found at least one result
+    exit(!found)
+}