For example, getting the title of `konsole` window current interactive `bash` instance is running in: #!/bin/bash pppid=`ps -o ppid= -p $PPID` echo "pppid: $pppid" wid=`xdotool search --pid $pppid` echo "wid: $wid" title=`xdotool getwindowname $wid` echo "title: $title"