I noticed the same thing.
You can fix it with a grep -v
xprop -id `xprop -root | grep -v CUT_BUFFER | awk '/_NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW/ {print $5; exit;}'`...
Of course this will then break, if your window title happens to be CUT_BUFFER, so you really can't win :)
I noticed the same thing.
You can fix it with a grep -v
xprop -id `xprop -root | grep -v CUT_BUFFER | awk '/_NET_ ACTIVE_ WINDOW/ {print $5; exit;}'`...
Of course this will then break, if your window title happens to be CUT_BUFFER, so you really can't win :)