And here's how you can do the same for Gnome settings: $ dconf dump / | xclip $ gnome-control-center # change something! $ diff -u -F '^\[' <(xclip

And here's how you can do the same for Gnome settings: $ dconf dump / | xclip $ gnome-control-center # change something! $ diff -u -F '^\[' <(xclip -o) <(dconf dump /)