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.TH CONKY "1" "July 2005" "Conky 1.2 compiled Jul 18 2005" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
Conky
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B conky
[\fIOPTION\fR]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Conky is a system monitor that renders text on desktop or to own transparent
window. Command line options will override configurations defined in config
file.
.TP
\fB\-V\fR
version
.TP
\fB\-a\fR ALIGNMENT
text alignment on screen, {top,bottom}_{left,right}
.TP
\fB\-c\fR FILE
config file to load instead of $HOME/.conkyrc
.TP
\fB\-d\fR
daemonize, fork to background
.TP
\fB\-f\fR FONT
font to use
.TP
\fB\-h\fR
help
.TP
\fB\-o\fR
create own window to draw
.TP
\fB\-b\fR
double buffer (prevents flickering)
.TP
\fB\-t\fR TEXT
text to render, remember single quotes, like \fB\-t\fR '$uptime'
.TP
\fB\-u\fR SECS
update interval
.TP
\fB\-i\fR NUM
number of times to update Conky
.TP
\fB\-w\fR WIN_ID
window id to draw
.TP
\fB\-x\fR X
x position
.TP
\fB\-y\fR Y
y position
.SH EXAMPLES
.B
conky -t '${time %D %H:%m}' -o -u 30
.PP
Start Conky in its own window with date and clock as text and 30 sec update interval.

.B
conky -a top_left -x 5 -y 500 -d
.PP
Start Conky to background at coordinates (5, 500).
.SH FILES
~/.conkyrc default configuration file