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Command Line Options

Georgi Valkov edited this page Dec 26, 2012 · 1 revision

Command Line Options

This is a list of all options on the command line that are available in the most recent git version of conky, this list is automatically updated daily:

   -v, --version             version
   -q, --quiet               quiet mode
   -D, --debug               increase debugging output, ie. -DD for more debugging
   -c, --config=FILE         config file to load
   -C, --print-config        print the builtin default config to stdout
                             e.g. 'conky -C > ~/.conkyrc' will create a new default config
   -d, --daemonize           daemonize, fork to background
   -h, --help                help
   -a, --alignment=ALIGNMENT text alignment on screen, {top,bottom,middle}_{left,right,middle}
   -f, --font=FONT           font to use
   -X, --display=DISPLAY     X11 display to use
   -o, --own-window          create own window to draw
   -b, --double-buffer       double buffer (prevents flickering)
   -w, --window-id=WIN_ID    window id to draw
   -x X                      x position
   -y Y                      y position
   -t, --text=TEXT           text to render, remember single quotes, like -t '$uptime'
   -u, --interval=SECS       update interval
   -i COUNT                  number of times to update Conky (and quit)
   -p, --pause=SECS          pause for SECS seconds at startup before doing anything

TODO: Autogenerate