dcopfind

dcopfind Find the DCOP reference of a KDE service
dcopfind [-a] [-l] service [object]
dcopfind returns a reference to the first instance of the KDE service specified by service. See also dcopstart, which starts a service/application and immediately returns its reference.
"-a Print the application id. Without this argument, the application id will be returned in the form DCOPRef(application id,object id).
"-l If the object is not found, run dcopstart and try again.
"--help Show usage information.
Return reference to a Kate instance
KATE=`dcopfind -a 'kate-*'` 
 
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dcopstart(1), dcop(1)