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I want to be able to lower all windows and show the desktop from the command line, not
Ctrl+Alt+D.

kiri
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user42882
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There is a useful command line application called xdotool which amongst other stuff, allows you to send keystrokes.

Thus - to mimic Control+Alt+D (or Super+D, or whatever the combination is you need), you can use one of the following commands:

xdotool key ctrl+alt+d
xdotool key ctrl+super+d
xdotool key super+d

To install:

sudo apt-get install xdotool
Radu Rădeanu
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fossfreedom
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I'm not sure fossfreedom's answer truly satisfies the requirement to "not use Ctrl+Alt+D"

Thus I recommend to show desktop the command:

wmctrl -k on

To turn it off use

wmctrl -k off
virtualxtc
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After looking at your comment I looked around a bit and found nothing. then I played around a bit and found a working method that satisfies "not use Ctrl+Alt+D" using a single key bind:

wmctrl -k toggle

works wonders for windows user migrating to linux

Azizul Arshad
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