4 <command><option>addr</option></command>
5 <option>interface</option>
8 IP address for an interface
9 <para></para></listitem>
14 <command><option>acpiacadapter</option></command>
17 ACPI ac adapter state.
18 <para></para></listitem>
23 <command><option>acpifan</option></command>
27 <para></para></listitem>
32 <command><option>acpitemp</option></command>
35 ACPI temperature in C.
36 <para></para></listitem>
41 <command><option>acpitempf</option></command>
44 ACPI temperature in F.
45 <para></para></listitem>
50 <command><option>adt746xcpu</option></command>
53 CPU temperature from therm_adt746x
54 <para></para></listitem>
59 <command><option>adt746xfan</option></command>
62 Fan speed from therm_adt746x
63 <para></para></listitem>
68 <command><option>alignr</option></command>
69 <option>(num)</option>
72 Right-justify text, with space of N
73 <para></para></listitem>
78 <command><option>alignc</option></command>
79 <option>(num)</option>
83 <para></para></listitem>
88 <command><option>apm_adapter</option></command>
91 Display APM AC adapter status (FreeBSD only)
92 <para></para></listitem>
97 <command><option>apm_battery_life</option></command>
100 Display APM battery life in percent (FreeBSD only)
101 <para></para></listitem>
106 <command><option>apm_battery_time</option></command>
109 Display remaining APM battery life in hh:mm:ss or "unknown" if
110 AC adapterstatus is on-line or charging (FreeBSD only)
111 <para></para></listitem>
116 <command><option>battery</option></command>
117 <option>(num)</option>
120 Remaining capacity in ACPI or APM battery. ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
121 <para></para></listitem>
126 <command><option>bmpx_artist</option></command>
129 Artist in current BMPx track
130 <para></para></listitem>
135 <command><option>bmpx_album</option></command>
138 Album in current BMPx track
139 <para></para></listitem>
144 <command><option>bmpx_title</option></command>
147 Title of the current BMPx track
148 <para></para></listitem>
153 <command><option>bmpx_track</option></command>
156 Track number of the current BMPx track
157 <para></para></listitem>
162 <command><option>bmpx_bitrate</option></command>
165 Bitrate of the current BMPx track
166 <para></para></listitem>
171 <command><option>bmpx_uri</option></command>
174 URI of the current BMPx track
175 <para></para></listitem>
180 <command><option>buffers</option></command>
183 Amount of memory buffered
184 <para></para></listitem>
189 <command><option>cached</option></command>
192 Amount of memory cached
193 <para></para></listitem>
198 <command><option>color</option></command>
199 <option>(color)</option>
202 Change drawing color to color
203 <para></para></listitem>
208 <command><option>cpu</option></command>
209 <option>(cpuN)</option>
212 CPU usage in percents. For SMP machines, the CPU number can be provided as an argument. cpu0 is the total usage, and >=cpu1 are individual CPUs.
213 <para></para></listitem>
218 <command><option>cpubar</option></command>
219 <option>(cpu number) (height),(width)</option>
222 Bar that shows CPU usage, height is bar's height in pixels. See $cpu for more info on SMP.
223 <para></para></listitem>
228 <command><option>cpugraph</option></command>
229 <option>(cpu number) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2)</option>
232 CPU usage graph, with optional colours in hex, minus the #. See $cpu for more info on SMP.
233 <para></para></listitem>
238 <command><option>diskio</option></command>
241 Displays current disk IO.
242 <para></para></listitem>
247 <command><option>diskiograph</option></command>
248 <option>(height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale)</option>
251 Disk IO graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph.
252 <para></para></listitem>
257 <command><option>downspeed</option></command>
261 Download speed in kilobytes
262 <para></para></listitem>
267 <command><option>downspeedf</option></command>
271 Download speed in kilobytes with one decimal
272 <para></para></listitem>
277 <command><option>downspeedgraph</option></command>
278 <option>net (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale)</option>
281 Download speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph.
282 <para></para></listitem>
287 <command><option>else</option></command>
290 Text to show if any of the above are not true
291 <para></para></listitem>
296 <command><option>exec</option></command>
297 <option>command</option>
300 Executes a shell command and displays the output in conky. warning: this takes a lot more resources than other variables. I'd recommend coding wanted behaviour in C and posting a patch.
301 <para></para></listitem>
306 <command><option>execbar</option></command>
307 <option>command</option>
310 Same as exec, except if the first value return is a value between 0-100, it will use that number for a bar. The size for the bar is currently fixed, but that may change in the future.
311 <para></para></listitem>
316 <command><option>execgraph</option></command>
317 <option>command</option>
320 Same as execbar, but graphs values.
321 <para></para></listitem>
326 <command><option>execi</option></command>
327 <option>interval command</option>
330 Same as exec but with specific interval. Interval can't be less than update_interval in configuration. See also $texeci
331 <para></para></listitem>
336 <command><option>execibar</option></command>
337 <option>interval command</option>
340 Same as execbar, except with an interval
341 <para></para></listitem>
346 <command><option>execigraph</option></command>
347 <option>interval command</option>
350 Same as execigraph, but takes an interval arg graphs values
351 <para></para></listitem>
356 <command><option>font</option></command>
357 <option>font</option>
360 Specify a different font. Only applies to one line.
361 <para></para></listitem>
367 <command><option>freq</option></command>
370 Returns CPU frequency in MHz
371 <para></para></listitem>
375 <command><option>freq_g</option></command>
378 Returns CPU frequency in GHz
379 <para></para></listitem>
384 <command><option>freq_dyn</option></command>
387 Returns CPU frequency in MHz, but is calculated by counting to clock cycles to complete an instruction. Only available for x86/amd64.
388 <para></para></listitem>
392 <command><option>freq_dyn_g</option></command>
395 Returns CPU frequency in GHz, but is calculated by counting to clock cycles to complete an instruction. Only available for x86/amd64.
396 <para></para></listitem>
401 <command><option>fs_bar</option></command>
402 <option>(height),(width) fs</option>
405 Bar that shows how much space is used on a file system. height is the height in pixels. fs is any file on that file system.
406 <para></para></listitem>
411 <command><option>fs_free</option></command>
412 <option>(fs)</option>
415 Free space on a file system available for users.
416 <para></para></listitem>
421 <command><option>fs_free_perc</option></command>
422 <option>(fs)</option>
425 Free percentage of space on a file system available for users.
426 <para></para></listitem>
431 <command><option>fs_size</option></command>
432 <option>(fs)</option>
436 <para></para></listitem>
441 <command><option>fs_used</option></command>
442 <option>(fs)</option>
445 File system used space
446 <para></para></listitem>
451 <command><option>head</option></command>
452 <option>logfile lines (interval)</option>
455 Displays first N lines of supplied text text file. If interval is not supplied, Conky assumes 2x Conky's interval. Max of 30 lines can be displayed, or until the text buffer is filled.
456 <para></para></listitem>
461 <command><option>hr</option></command>
462 <option>(height)</option>
465 Horizontal line, height is the height in pixels
466 <para></para></listitem>
471 <command><option>i2c</option></command>
472 <option>(dev) type n</option>
475 I2C sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). dev may be omitted if you have only one I2C device. type is either in (or vol) meaning voltage, fan meaning fan or temp/tempf (first in C, second in F) meaning temperature. n is number of the sensor. See /sys/bus/i2c/devices/ on your local computer.
476 <para></para></listitem>
481 <command><option>i8k_ac_status</option></command>
485 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays whether ac power is on, as listed in /proc/i8k (translated to human-readable). Beware that this is by default not enabled by i8k itself.
486 <para></para></listitem>
491 <command><option>i8k_bios</option></command>
495 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the bios version as listed in /proc/i8k.
496 <para></para></listitem>
501 <command><option>i8k_buttons_status</option></command>
505 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the volume buttons status as listed in /proc/i8k.
506 <para></para></listitem>
511 <command><option>i8k_cpu_temp</option></command>
515 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the cpu temperature in Celsius, as reported by /proc/i8k.
516 <para></para></listitem>
521 <command><option>i8k_cpu_tempf</option></command>
525 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the cpu temperature in Farenheit, as reported by /proc/i8k.
526 <para></para></listitem>
531 <command><option>i8k_left_fan_rpm</option></command>
535 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the left fan's rate of rotation, in revolutions per minute as listed in /proc/i8k. Beware, some laptops i8k reports these fans in reverse order.
536 <para></para></listitem>
541 <command><option>i8k_left_fan_status</option></command>
545 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the left fan status as listed in /proc/i8k (translated to human-readable). Beware, some laptops i8k reports these fans in reverse order.
546 <para></para></listitem>
551 <command><option>i8k_right_fan_rpm</option></command>
555 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the right fan's rate of rotation, in revolutions per minute as listed in /proc/i8k. Beware, some laptops i8k reports these fans in reverse order.
556 <para></para></listitem>
561 <command><option>i8k_right_fan_status</option></command>
565 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the right fan status as listed in /proc/i8k (translated to human-readable). Beware, some laptops i8k reports these fans in reverse order.
566 <para></para></listitem>
571 <command><option>i8k_serial</option></command>
575 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays your laptop serial number as listed in /proc/i8k.
576 <para></para></listitem>
581 <command><option>i8k_version</option></command>
585 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the version formatting of /proc/i8k.
586 <para></para></listitem>
592 <command><option>if_running</option></command>
593 <option>(process)</option>
596 if PROCESS is running, display everything if_running and the matching $endif
597 <para></para></listitem>
602 <command><option>if_existing</option></command>
603 <option>(file)</option>
606 if FILE exists, display everything between if_existing and the matching $endif
607 <para></para></listitem>
612 <command><option>if_mounted</option></command>
613 <option>(mountpoint)</option>
616 if MOUNTPOINT is mounted, display everything between if_mounted and the matching $endif
617 <para></para></listitem>
622 <command><option>kernel</option></command>
626 <para></para></listitem>
631 <command><option>linkstatus</option></command>
632 <option>interface</option>
635 Get the link status for wireless connections
636 <para></para></listitem>
641 <command><option>loadavg</option></command>
644 (1,2,3)> System load average, 1 is for past 1 minute, 2 for past 5 minutes and 3 for past 15 minutes.
645 <para></para></listitem>
650 <command><option>machine</option></command>
653 Machine, i686 for example
654 <para></para></listitem>
659 <command><option>mails</option></command>
662 Mail count in mail spool. You can use program like fetchmail to get mails from some server using your favourite protocol. See also new_mails.
663 <para></para></listitem>
668 <command><option>mem</option></command>
671 Amount of memory in use
672 <para></para></listitem>
677 <command><option>membar</option></command>
678 <option>(height),(width)</option>
681 Bar that shows amount of memory in use
682 <para></para></listitem>
687 <command><option>memmax</option></command>
690 Total amount of memory
691 <para></para></listitem>
696 <command><option>memperc</option></command>
699 Percentage of memory in use
700 <para></para></listitem>
705 <command><option>mpd_artist</option></command>
708 Artist in current MPD song must be enabled at compile
709 <para></para></listitem>
714 <command><option>mpd_album</option></command>
717 Album in current MPD song
718 <para></para></listitem>
723 <command><option>mpd_bar</option></command>
724 <option>(height),(width)</option>
727 Bar of mpd's progress
728 <para></para></listitem>
733 <command><option>mpd_bitrate</option></command>
736 Bitrate of current song
737 <para></para></listitem>
742 <command><option>mpd_status</option></command>
745 Playing, stopped, et cetera.
746 <para></para></listitem>
751 <command><option>mpd_title</option></command>
754 Title of current MPD song
755 <para></para></listitem>
760 <command><option>mpd_vol</option></command>
764 <para></para></listitem>
769 <command><option>mpd_elapsed</option></command>
773 <para></para></listitem>
778 <command><option>mpd_length</option></command>
782 <para></para></listitem>
787 <command><option>mpd_percent</option></command>
790 Percent of song's progress
791 <para></para></listitem>
796 <command><option>mpd_random</option></command>
799 Random status (On/Off)
800 <para></para></listitem>
805 <command><option>mpd_repeat</option></command>
808 Repeat status (On/Off)
809 <para></para></listitem>
814 <command><option>mpd_track</option></command>
817 Prints the MPD track field
818 <para></para></listitem>
823 <command><option>mpd_name</option></command>
826 Prints the MPD name field
827 <para></para></listitem>
832 <command><option>mpd_file</option></command>
835 Prints the file name of the current MPD song
836 <para></para></listitem>
841 <command><option>mpd_smart</option></command>
844 Prints the song name in either the form "artist - title" or file name, depending on whats available
845 <para></para></listitem>
850 <command><option>new_mails</option></command>
853 Unread mail count in mail spool.
854 <para></para></listitem>
859 <command><option>nodename</option></command>
863 <para></para></listitem>
868 <command><option>outlinecolor</option></command>
869 <option>(color)</option>
873 <para></para></listitem>
878 <command><option>pre_exec</option></command>
879 <option>shell command</option>
882 Executes a shell command one time before conky displays anything and puts output as text.
883 <para></para></listitem>
888 <command><option>processes</option></command>
891 Total processes (sleeping and running)
892 <para></para></listitem>
897 <command><option>running_processes</option></command>
900 Running processes (not sleeping), requires Linux 2.6
901 <para></para></listitem>
906 <command><option>shadecolor</option></command>
907 <option>(color)</option>
911 <para></para></listitem>
916 <command><option>stippled_hr</option></command>
917 <option>(space)</option>
920 Stippled (dashed) horizontal line
921 <para></para></listitem>
926 <command><option>swapbar</option></command>
927 <option>(height),(width)</option>
930 Bar that shows amount of swap in use
931 <para></para></listitem>
936 <command><option>swap</option></command>
939 Amount of swap in use
940 <para></para></listitem>
945 <command><option>swapmax</option></command>
949 <para></para></listitem>
954 <command><option>swapperc</option></command>
957 Percentage of swap in use
958 <para></para></listitem>
963 <command><option>sysname</option></command>
966 System name, Linux for example
967 <para></para></listitem>
972 <command><option>tcp_portmon</option></command>
973 <option>port_begin port_end item (index)</option>
974 <emphasis>(ip4 only at present)</emphasis>
977 TCP port monitor for specified local ports. Port numbers must be in the range 1 to 65535. Valid items are:
979 <member><command>count</command> - total number of connections in the range
981 <member><command>rip</command> - remote ip address
983 <member><command>rhost</command> - remote host name
985 <member><command>rport</command> - remote port number
987 <member><command>rservice</command> - remote service name from /etc/services
989 <member><command>lip</command> - local ip address
991 <member><command>lhost</command> - local host name
993 <member><command>lport</command> - local port number
995 <member><command>lservice</command> - local service name from /etc/services
997 </simplelist>The connection index provides you with access to each connection in the port monitor. The monitor will return information for index values from 0 to n-1 connections. Values higher than n-1 are simply ignored. For the "count" item, the connection index must be omitted. It is required for all other items.
999 <member>Examples:</member>
1000 <member><command>${tcp_portmon 6881 6999 count}</command> -
1001 displays the number of connections in the bittorrent port range</member>
1002 <member><command>${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 0}</command> -
1003 displays the remote host ip of the first sshd connection</member>
1004 <member><command>${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 9}</command> -
1005 displays the remote host ip of the tenth sshd connection</member>
1006 <member><command>${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rhost 0}</command> -
1007 displays the remote host name of the first connection on a privileged port</member>
1008 <member><command>${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rport 4}</command> -
1009 displays the remote host port of the fifth connection on a privileged port</member>
1010 <member><command>${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lservice 14}</command> -
1011 displays the local service name of the fifteenth connection in the range of all ports</member>
1012 </simplelist>Note that port monitor variables which share the same port range actually refer to the same monitor, so many references to a single port range for different items and different indexes all use the same monitor internally. In other words, the program avoids creating redundant monitors.
1018 <command><option>texeci</option></command>
1019 <option>interval command</option>
1022 Runs a command at an interval inside a thread and displays the output. Same as $execi, except the command is run inside a thread. Use this if you have a slow script to keep Conky updating. You should make the interval slightly longer then the time it takes your script to execute. For example, if you have a script that take 5 seconds to execute, you should make the interval at least 6 seconds. See also $execi.
1023 <para></para></listitem>
1028 <command><option>offset</option></command>
1029 <option>(pixels)</option>
1032 Move text over by N pixels. See also $voffset.
1033 <para></para></listitem>
1038 <command><option>tail</option></command>
1039 <option>logfile lines (interval)</option>
1042 Displays last N lines of supplied text text file. If interval is not supplied, Conky assumes 2x Conky's interval. Max of 30 lines can be displayed, or until the text buffer is filled.
1043 <para></para></listitem>
1048 <command><option>time</option></command>
1049 <option>(format)</option>
1052 Local time, see man strftime to get more information about format
1053 <para></para></listitem>
1058 <command><option>totaldown</option></command>
1059 <option>net</option>
1062 Total download, overflows at 4 GB on Linux with 32-bit arch and there doesn't seem to be a way to know how many times it has already done that before conky has started.
1063 <para></para></listitem>
1068 <command><option>top</option></command>
1069 <option>type, num</option>
1072 This takes arguments in the form:top (name) (number) Basically, processes are ranked from highest to lowest in terms of cpu usage, which is what (num) represents. The types are: "name", "pid", "cpu", and mem". There can be a max of 10 processes listed.
1073 <para></para></listitem>
1078 <command><option>top_mem</option></command>
1079 <option>type, num</option>
1082 Same as top, except sorted by mem usage instead of cpu
1083 <para></para></listitem>
1088 <command><option>totalup</option></command>
1089 <option>net</option>
1092 Total upload, this one too, may overflow
1093 <para></para></listitem>
1098 <command><option>updates</option></command>
1099 <option>Number of updates</option>
1103 <para></para></listitem>
1108 <command><option>upspeed</option></command>
1109 <option>net</option>
1112 Upload speed in kilobytes
1113 <para></para></listitem>
1118 <command><option>upspeedf</option></command>
1119 <option>net</option>
1122 Upload speed in kilobytes with one decimal
1123 <para></para></listitem>
1128 <command><option>upspeedgraph</option></command>
1129 <option>net (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale)</option>
1132 Upload speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph.
1133 <para></para></listitem>
1138 <command><option>uptime</option></command>
1142 <para></para></listitem>
1147 <command><option>uptime_short</option></command>
1150 Uptime in a shorter format
1151 <para></para></listitem>
1156 <command><option>seti_prog</option></command>
1159 Seti@home current progress
1160 <para></para></listitem>
1165 <command><option>seti_progbar</option></command>
1166 <option>(height),(width)</option>
1169 Seti@home current progress bar
1170 <para></para></listitem>
1175 <command><option>seti_credit</option></command>
1178 Seti@home total user credit
1179 <para></para></listitem>
1183 <command><option>voffset</option></command>
1184 <option>(pixels)</option>
1187 Change vertical offset by N pixels. Negative values will cause text to overlap. See also $offset.
1188 <para></para></listitem>
1193 <command><option>xmms_bar</option></command>
1194 <option>(height),(width)</option>
1197 xmms / bmp / audacious / infopipe: progress bar
1198 <para></para></listitem>
1203 <command><option>xmms_bitrate</option></command>
1206 xmms / bmp / audacious / infopipe: bitrate of current tune
1207 <para></para></listitem>
1212 <command><option>xmms_channels</option></command>
1215 xmms / bmp / audacious / infopipe: number of audio channels of current tune
1216 <para></para></listitem>
1221 <command><option>xmms_filename</option></command>
1224 xmms / bmp / audacious / infopipe: full path and filename of current tune
1225 <para></para></listitem>
1230 <command><option>xmms_frequency</option></command>
1233 xmms / bmp / audacious / infopipe: sampling frequency of current tune
1234 <para></para></listitem>
1239 <command><option>xmms_length</option></command>
1242 xmms / bmp / audacious / infopipe: total length of current tune as MM:SS
1243 <para></para></listitem>
1248 <command><option>xmms_length_seconds</option></command>
1251 xmms / bmp / audacious / infopipe: total length of current tune in seconds
1252 <para></para></listitem>
1257 <command><option>xmms_playlist_position</option></command>
1260 xmms / bmp / audacious / infopipe: playlist position of current tune
1261 <para></para></listitem>
1266 <command><option>xmms_playlist_length</option></command>
1269 xmms / bmp / audacious / infopipe: number of tunes in playlist
1270 <para></para></listitem>
1275 <command><option>xmms_position</option></command>
1278 xmms / bmp / audacious / infopipe: MM:SS position of current tune
1279 <para></para></listitem>
1284 <command><option>xmms_position_seconds</option></command>
1287 xmms / bmp / audacious / infopipe: position of current tune in seconds
1288 <para></para></listitem>
1293 <command><option>xmms_status</option></command>
1296 xmms / bmp / audacious / infopipe: player status (Playing/Paused/Stopped/Not running)
1297 <para></para></listitem>
1302 <command><option>xmms_title</option></command>
1305 xmms / bmp / audacious / infopipe: title of current tune
1306 <para></para></listitem>
1311 <command><option>ibm_fan</option></command>
1314 If running the IBM ACPI, displays the fan speed.
1315 <para></para></listitem>
1320 <command><option>ibm_temps</option></command>
1324 If running the IBM ACPI, displays the temperatures
1325 from the IBM temperature sensors (N=0..7) Sensor 0 is
1326 on the CPU, 3 is on the GPU.
1327 <para></para></listitem>
1332 <command><option>ibm_volume</option></command>
1335 If running the IBM ACPI, displays the "master" volume,
1336 controlled by the volume keys (0-14).
1337 <para></para></listitem>
1342 <command><option>ibm_brightness</option></command>
1345 If running the IBM ACPI, displays the brigtness of the
1346 laptops's LCD (0-7).
1347 <para></para></listitem>