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conky(1)                                                              conky(1)



\e[1mNAME\e[0m
       conky - A system monitor for X originally based on the torsmo code, but
       more kickass. It just keeps on given'er. Yeah.

\e[1mSYNOPSIS\e[0m
       \e[1mconky \e[22m[\e[4moptions\e[24m]

\e[1mDESCRIPTION\e[0m
       Conky is a system monitor for X originally based on torsmo.  Since  its
       inception,  Conky has changed significantly from its predecessor, while
       maintaining simplicity and  configurability.  Conky  can  display  just
       about  anything,  either on your root desktop or in its own window. Not
       only does Conky have many built-in objects, it can  also  display  just
       about any piece of information by using scripts and other external pro‐
       grams.

       Conky has more than 250 built  in  objects,  including  support  for  a
       plethora  of OS stats (uname, uptime, CPU usage, mem usage, disk usage,
       "top" like process stats, and network monitoring, just to name a  few),
       built in IMAP and POP3 support, built in support for many popular music
       players (MPD, XMMS2, BMPx, Audacious), and much much more.   Conky  can
       display  this  info  either  as text, or using simple progress bars and
       graph widgets, with different fonts and colours.

       We are always looking for help, whether  its  reporting  bugs,  writing
       patches,  or writing docs.  Please use the facilities at SourceForge to
       make bug reports, feature requests, and  submit  patches,  or  stop  by
       #conky on irc.freenode.net if you have questions or want to contribute.

       Thanks for your interest in Conky.

\e[1mCOMPILING\e[0m
       For  users compiling from source on a binary distro, make sure you have
       the X development libraries installed. This should be a  package  along
       the  lines  of "libx11-dev" or "xorg-x11-dev" for X11 libs, and similar
       "-dev" format for the other libs required (depending on your  configure
       options).

       Conky  has  (for  some time) been available in the repositories of most
       popular distributions.  Here are some installation instructions  for  a
       few:

       Gentoo users -- Conky is in Gentoo's Portage... simply use "emerge app-
       admin/conky" for installation.  There is  also  usually  an  up-to-date
       ebuild within Conky's package or in the git repo.

       Debian,  etc. users -- Conky should be in your repositories, and can be
       installed by doing "aptitude install conky".

       Example to compile and run Conky with  all  optional  components  (note
       that some configure options may differ for your system):

       \e[1msh autogen.sh # Only required if building from the git repo\e[0m

       \e[1m./configure       --prefix=/usr      --mandir=/usr/share/man      --in‐\e[0m
       \e[1mfodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share  --sysconfdir=/etc  --local‐\e[0m
       \e[1mstatedir=/var/lib --disable-own-window --enable-audacious[=yes|no|lega‐\e[0m
       \e[1mcy] --enable-bmpx --disable-hddtemp --disable-mpd --enable-xmms2 --dis‐\e[0m
       \e[1mable-portmon   --disable-network  --enable-debug  --disable-x11  --dis‐\e[0m
       \e[1mable-double-buffer --disable-xdamage --disable-xft\e[0m

       \e[1mmake\e[0m

       \e[1mmake install # Optional\e[0m

       \e[1msrc/conky\e[0m

       Conky has been tested to be compatible with C99 C, however it  has  not
       been tested with anything other than gcc, and is not guaranteed to work
       with other compilers.

\e[1mYOU SHOULD KNOW\e[0m
       Conky is generally very good on resources. That said, the more you  try
       to make Conky do, the more resources it is going to consume.

       An easy way to force Conky to reload your ~/.conkyrc: "killall -SIGUSR1
       conky".  Saves you the trouble of having to kill and then restart.  You
       can now also do the same with SIGHUP.

\e[1mOPTIONS\e[0m
       Command  line  options override configurations defined in configuration
       file.

       \e[1m-v | -V | --version\e[0m
              Prints version and exits


       \e[1m-q | --quiet\e[0m
              Run Conky in 'quiet mode' (ie. no output)


       \e[1m-a | --alignment=ALIGNMENT\e[0m
              Text alignment on  screen,  {top,bottom,middle}_{left,right,mid‐
              dle} or none


       \e[1m-b | --double-buffer\e[0m
              Use double buffering (eliminates "flicker")


       \e[1m-c | --config=FILE\e[0m
              Config file to load instead of $HOME/.conkyrc


       \e[1m-d | --daemonize\e[0m
              Daemonize Conky, aka fork to background


       \e[1m-f | --font=FONT\e[0m
              Font to use


       \e[1m-h | --help\e[0m
              Prints command line help and exits


       \e[1m-o | --own-window\e[0m
              Create own window to draw


       \e[1m-t | --text=TEXT\e[0m
              Text to render, remember single quotes, like -t ' $uptime '


       \e[1m-u | --interval=SECONDS\e[0m
              Update interval


       \e[1m-w | --window-id=WIN_ID\e[0m
              Window id to draw


       \e[1m-x X_COORDINATE\e[0m
              X position


       \e[1m-y Y_COORDINATE\e[0m
              Y position


       \e[1m-i COUNT\e[0m
              Number of times to update Conky (and quit)


\e[1mCONFIGURATION SETTINGS\e[0m
       Default    configuration    file    location   is   $HOME/.conkyrc   or
       ${sysconfdir}/conky/conky.conf. On most systems,  sysconfdir  is  /etc,
       and you can find the sample config file there (/etc/conky/conky.conf).

       You  might  want  to copy it to $HOME/.conkyrc and then start modifying
       it.  Other configs can be found at http://conky.sf.net/

       \e[1malias  \e[22mUse this to create aliases of variables. The first  argument  is
              the  new  name, the second the old name, and the other arguments
              are passed on to the variable. Example: If you want to use  $al‐
              pha  instead  of  ${beta gamma delta} then you have to write the
              following: alias alpha beta gamma delta . PS: Instead of  creat‐
              ing  an  alias  in the config you can also use environment vari‐
              ables. Example: Start conky like this: alpha="beta gamma  delta"
              conky


       \e[1malignment\e[0m
              Aligned position on screen, may be top_left, top_right, top_mid‐
              dle, bottom_left, bottom_right, bottom_middle, middle_left, mid‐
              dle_right,  or  none  (also can be abreviated as tl, tr, tm, bl,
              br, bm, ml, mr)


       \e[1mbackground\e[0m
              Boolean value, if true, Conky will be forked to background  when
              started


       \e[1mborder_margin\e[0m
              Border margin in pixels


       \e[1mborder_width\e[0m
              Border width in pixels


       \e[1mcolorN \e[22mPredefine  a color for use inside TEXT segments. Substitute N by
              a digit between 0 and 9, inclusively. When specifying the  color
              value in hex, omit the leading hash (#).


       \e[1mcpu_avg_samples\e[0m
              The number of samples to average for CPU monitoring


       \e[1mtop_cpu_separate\e[0m
              If true, cpu in top will show usage of one processor's power. If
              false, cpu in top will show the usage of all  processors'  power
              combined.


       \e[1mdefault_bar_size\e[0m
              Specify  a  default  width  and  height  for bars. Example: 'de‐
              fault_bar_size 0 6'. This is particularly useful for execbar and
              execibar as they do not take size arguments


       \e[1mdefault_graph_size\e[0m
              Specify  a  default  width  and height for graphs. Example: 'de‐
              fault_graph_size 0 25'. This is particularly  useful  for  exec‐
              graph and execigraph as they do not take size arguments


       \e[1mdefault_gauge_size\e[0m
              Specify  a  default  width  and height for gauges. Example: 'de‐
              fault_gauge_size 25 25'. This is particularly useful  for  exec‐
              gauge and execigauge as they do not take size arguments


       \e[1mdefault_color\e[0m
              Default color and border color


       \e[1mdefault_outline_color\e[0m
              Default outline color


       \e[1mdefault_shade_color\e[0m
              Default shading color and border's shading color


       \e[1mdouble_buffer\e[0m
              Use the Xdbe extension? (eliminates flicker) It is highly recom‐
              mended to use own window with this one so double buffer won't be
              so big.


       \e[1mdraw_borders\e[0m
              Draw borders around text?


       \e[1mdraw_graph_borders\e[0m
              Draw borders around graphs?


       \e[1mdraw_outline\e[0m
              Draw outlines?


       \e[1mdraw_shades\e[0m
              Draw shades?


       \e[1mfont   \e[22mFont name in X, xfontsel can be used to get a nice font


       \e[1mgap_x  \e[22mGap,  in pixels, between right or left border of screen, same as
              passing -x at command line, e.g. gap_x 10


       \e[1mgap_y  \e[22mGap, in pixels, between top or bottom border of screen, same  as
              passing -y at command line, e.g. gap_y 10.


       \e[1mif_up_strictness\e[0m
              How  strict  should if_up be when testing an interface for being
              up? The value is one of up, link or address, to  check  for  the
              interface being solely up, being up and having link or being up,
              having link and an assigned IP address.


       \e[1mimap   \e[22mDefault global IMAP server. Arguments are: "host user  pass  [-i
              interval]  [-f folder] [-p port] [-e command] [-r retries]". De‐
              fault port is 143, default folder is 'INBOX',  default  interval
              is  5 minutes, and default number of retries before giving up is
              5. If the password is supplied as '*', you will be  prompted  to
              enter the password when Conky starts.


       \e[1mmail_spool\e[0m
              Mail spool for mail checking


       \e[1mmax_port_monitor_connections\e[0m
              Allow  each  port monitor to track at most this many connections
              (if 0 or not set, default is 256)


       \e[1mmax_specials\e[0m
              Maximum number of special things, e.g. fonts,  offsets,  aligns,
              etc. (default is 512)


       \e[1mmax_user_text bytes\e[0m
              Maximum size of user text buffer, i.e. layout below TEXT line in
              config file (default is 16384 bytes)


       \e[1mtext_buffer_size bytes\e[0m
              Size of the standard text buffer (default is  256  bytes).  This
              buffer  is used for intermediary text, such as individual lines,
              output from $exec vars, and various other variables.  Increasing
              the  size  of this buffer can drastically reduce Conky's perfor‐
              mance, but will allow for more text display  per  variable.  The
              size  of this buffer cannot be smaller than the default value of
              256 bytes.


       \e[1mmaximum_width pixels\e[0m
              Maximum width of window


       \e[1mminimum_size width (height)\e[0m
              Minimum size of window


       \e[1mmpd_host\e[0m
              Host of MPD server


       \e[1mmpd_port\e[0m
              Port of MPD server


       \e[1mmpd_password\e[0m
              MPD server password


       \e[1mmusic_player_interval\e[0m
              Music player thread update interval (defaults to Conky's  update
              interval)


       \e[1mnet_avg_samples\e[0m
              The number of samples to average for net data


       \e[1mno_buffers\e[0m
              Substract (file system) buffers from used memory?


       \e[1moverride_utf8_locale\e[0m
              Force UTF8? requires XFT


       \e[1mown_window\e[0m
              Boolean, create own window to draw?


       \e[1mown_window_class\e[0m
              Manually set the WM_CLASS name. Defaults to "Conky".


       \e[1mown_window_colour colour\e[0m
              If  own_window_transparent no, set a specified background colour
              (defaults to black). Takes either a hex  value  (#ffffff)  or  a
              valid RGB name (see /usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt)


       \e[1mown_window_hints undecorated,below,above,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager\e[0m
              If  own_window is yes, you may use these window manager hints to
              affect the way Conky displays.  Notes: Use own_window_type desk‐
              top  as another way to implement many of these hints implicitly.
              If you use own_window_type override, window manager  hints  have
              no meaning and are ignored.


       \e[1mown_window_title\e[0m
              Manually set the window name. Defaults to "<hostname> - conky".


       \e[1mown_window_transparent\e[0m
              Boolean, set pseudo-transparency?


       \e[1mown_window_type\e[0m
              if own_window is yes, you may specify type normal, desktop, dock
              or override (default: normal).  Desktop windows are special win‐
              dows that have no window decorations; are always visible on your
              desktop; do not appear in your pager or taskbar; and are  sticky
              across  all workspaces.  Override windows are not under the con‐
              trol of the window manager. Hints are ignored. This type of win‐
              dow can be useful for certain situations.


       \e[1mout_to_console\e[0m
              Print text to stdout.


       \e[1mout_to_stderr\e[0m
              Print text to stderr.


       \e[1mout_to_x\e[0m
              When  set  to  no, there will be no output in X (useful when you
              also use things like out_to_console).  If you set it to no, make
              sure  that  it's placed before all other X-related setting (take
              the first line of your configfile to be sure). Default value  is
              yes


       \e[1moverwrite_file\e[0m
              Overwrite the file given as argument.


       \e[1mappend_file\e[0m
              Append the file given as argument.


       \e[1mpad_percents\e[0m
              Pad percentages to this many decimals (0 = no padding)


       \e[1mpop3   \e[22mDefault  global  POP3 server. Arguments are: "host user pass [-i
              interval] [-p port] [-e command] [-r retries]". Default port  is
              110,  default  interval  is 5 minutes, and default number of re‐
              tries before giving up is 5. If the password is supplied as '*',
              you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.


       \e[1mshort_units\e[0m
              Shortens units to a single character (kiB->k, GiB->G, etc.). De‐
              fault is off.


       \e[1mshow_graph_scale\e[0m
              Shows the maximum value in scaled graphs.


       \e[1mshow_graph_range\e[0m
              Shows the time range covered by a graph.


       \e[1mstippled_borders\e[0m
              Border stippling (dashing) in pixels


       \e[1mtemperature_unit\e[0m
              Desired output unit of all  objects  displaying  a  temperature.
              Parameters  are  either  "fahrenheit"  or "celsius". The default
              unit is degree Celsius.


       \e[1mtemplateN\e[0m
              Define a template for later use inside TEXT segments. Substitute
              N  by  a  digit  between 0 and 9, inclusively.  The value of the
              variable is being inserted into the stuff below TEXT at the cor‐
              responding position, but before some substitutions are applied:

              '\n' -> newline
              '\\' -> backslash
              '\ ' -> space
              '\N' -> template argument N


       \e[1mtotal_run_times\e[0m
              Total  number of times for Conky to update before quitting. Zero
              makes Conky run forever


       \e[1mupdate_interval\e[0m
              Update interval in seconds


       \e[1muppercase\e[0m
              Boolean value, if true, text is rendered in upper case


       \e[1muse_spacer\e[0m
              Adds spaces around certain objects to stop them from moving oth‐
              er things around. Arguments are left, right, and none (default).
              The  old  true/false  values  are  deprecated  and  default   to
              right/none  respectively.  Note  that this only helps if you are
              using a mono font, such as Bitstream Vera Sans Mono.


       \e[1muse_xft\e[0m
              Use Xft (anti-aliased font and stuff)


       \e[1mxftalpha\e[0m
              Alpha of Xft font. Must be a value at or between 1 and 0.


       \e[1mxftfont\e[0m
              Xft font to use.


       \e[1mTEXT   \e[22mAfter this begins text to be formatted on screen. Backslash  (\)
              escapes  newlines  in  the  text section. This can be useful for
              cleaning up config files where conky is used to  pipe  input  to
              dzen2.


\e[1mVARIABLES\e[0m
       Colors  are  parsed using XParsecolor(), there might be a list of them:
       /usr/share/X11/rgb.txt.   Also,    ⟨http://sedition.com/perl/rgb.html⟩.
       Color can be also in #rrggbb format (hex).

       \e[1maddr interface\e[0m
              IP  address  for  an interface, or "No Address" if no address is
              assigned.


       \e[1maddrs interface\e[0m
              IP addresses for an interface (if one - works like addr).  Linux
              only.


       \e[1macpiacadapter\e[0m
              ACPI ac adapter state.


       \e[1macpifan\e[0m
              ACPI fan state


       \e[1macpitemp\e[0m
              ACPI temperature in C.


       \e[1madt746xcpu\e[0m
              CPU temperature from therm_adt746x


       \e[1madt746xfan\e[0m
              Fan speed from therm_adt746x


       \e[1malignr (num)\e[0m
              Right-justify text, with space of N


       \e[1malignc (num)\e[0m
              Align text to centre


       \e[1mapm_adapter\e[0m
              Display APM AC adapter status (FreeBSD only)


       \e[1mapm_battery_life\e[0m
              Display APM battery life in percent (FreeBSD only)


       \e[1mapm_battery_time\e[0m
              Display  remaining  APM battery life in hh:mm:ss or "unknown" if
              AC adapterstatus is on-line or charging (FreeBSD only)


       \e[1maudacious_bar (height),(width)\e[0m
              Progress bar


       \e[1maudacious_bitrate\e[0m
              Bitrate of current tune


       \e[1maudacious_channels\e[0m
              Number of audio channels of current tune


       \e[1maudacious_filename\e[0m
              Full path and filename of current tune


       \e[1maudacious_frequency\e[0m
              Sampling frequency of current tune


       \e[1maudacious_length\e[0m
              Total length of current tune as MM:SS


       \e[1maudacious_length_seconds\e[0m
              Total length of current tune in seconds


       \e[1maudacious_playlist_position\e[0m
              Playlist position of current tune


       \e[1maudacious_playlist_length\e[0m
              Number of tunes in playlist


       \e[1maudacious_position\e[0m
              Position of current tune (MM:SS)


       \e[1maudacious_position_seconds\e[0m
              Position of current tune in seconds


       \e[1maudacious_status\e[0m
              Player status (Playing/Paused/Stopped/Not running)


       \e[1maudacious_title (max length)\e[0m
              Title of current tune with optional maximum length specifier


       \e[1maudacious_main_volume\e[0m
              The current volume fetched from Audacious


       \e[1mbattery (num)\e[0m
              Battery status and remaining percentage capacity of ACPI or  APM
              battery.  ACPI  battery number can be given as argument (default
              is BAT0).


       \e[1mbattery_short (num)\e[0m
              Battery status and remaining percentage capacity of ACPI or  APM
              battery.  ACPI  battery number can be given as argument (default
              is BAT0).  This mode display a short status, which means that  C
              is  displayed  instead of charging and D is displayed instead of
              discharging.


       \e[1mbattery_bar (height),(width) (num)\e[0m
              Battery percentage remaining of ACPI battery in a bar. ACPI bat‐
              tery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).


       \e[1mbattery_percent (num)\e[0m
              Battery percentage remaining for ACPI battery. ACPI battery num‐
              ber can be given as argument (default is BAT0).


       \e[1mbattery_time (num)\e[0m
              Battery charge/discharge time remaining of  ACPI  battery.  ACPI
              battery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).


       \e[1mbmpx_artist\e[0m
              Artist in current BMPx track


       \e[1mbmpx_album\e[0m
              Album in current BMPx track


       \e[1mbmpx_title\e[0m
              Title of the current BMPx track


       \e[1mbmpx_track\e[0m
              Track number of the current BMPx track


       \e[1mbmpx_bitrate\e[0m
              Bitrate of the current BMPx track


       \e[1mbmpx_uri\e[0m
              URI of the current BMPx track


       \e[1mbuffers\e[0m
              Amount of memory buffered


       \e[1mcached \e[22mAmount of memory cached


       \e[1mcolor (color)\e[0m
              Change drawing color to color


       \e[1mcolorN \e[22mChange  drawing color to colorN configuration option, where N is
              a digit between 0 and 9, inclusively.


       \e[1mconky_version\e[0m
              Conky version


       \e[1mconky_build_date\e[0m
              Date Conky was built


       \e[1mconky_build_arch\e[0m
              CPU architecture Conky was built for


       \e[1mcpu (cpuN)\e[0m
              CPU usage in percents. For SMP machines, the CPU number  can  be
              provided  as  an  argument.  ${cpu cpu0} is the total usage, and
              ${cpu cpuX} (X >= 1) are individual CPUs.


       \e[1mcpubar (cpuN) (height),(width)\e[0m
              Bar that shows CPU usage, height is bar's height in pixels.  See
              $cpu for more info on SMP.


       \e[1mcpugauge (cpuN) (height),(width)\e[0m
              Elliptical  gauge  that  shows  CPU  usage, height and width are
              gauge's vertical and horizontal axis respectively. See $cpu  for
              more info on SMP.


       \e[1mcpugraph  (cpuN)  ("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1)\e[0m
       \e[1m(gradient colour 2) (scale)\e[0m
              CPU usage graph, with optional colours in hex, minus the #.  See
              $cpu  for  more  info  on  SMP. Uses a logarithmic scale (to see
              small numbers) when you use "log" instead of "normal".


       \e[1mdiskio (device)\e[0m
              Displays current disk IO. Device is optional, and takes the form
              of sda for /dev/sda. Individual partitions are allowed.


       \e[1mdiskiograph ("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gra‐\e[0m
       \e[1mdient colour 2) (scale) (device)\e[0m
              Disk IO graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If scale  is
              non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph. Uses a logarithmic
              scale (to see small numbers) when you use "log" instead of "nor‐
              mal".


       \e[1mdiskio_read (device)\e[0m
              Displays current disk IO for reads. Device as in diskio.


       \e[1mdiskiograph_read  ("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1)\e[0m
       \e[1m(gradient colour 2) (scale) (device)\e[0m
              Disk IO graph for reads, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If
              scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph. Device as
              in diskio. Uses a logarithmic scale (to see small numbers)  when
              you use "log" instead of "normal".


       \e[1mdiskio_write (device)\e[0m
              Displays current disk IO for writes. Device as in diskio.


       \e[1mdiskiograph_write ("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1)\e[0m
       \e[1m(gradient colour 2) (scale) (device)\e[0m
              Disk IO graph for writes, colours defined in hex, minus  the  #.
              If scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph. Device
              as in diskio. Uses a logarithmic scale (to  see  small  numbers)
              when you use "log" instead of "normal".


       \e[1mdisk_protect device\e[0m
              Disk  protection  status,  if  supported  (needs  kernel-patch).
              Prints either "frozen" or "free " (note the padding).


       \e[1mdownspeed net\e[0m
              Download speed in KiB


       \e[1mdownspeedf net\e[0m
              Download speed in KiB with one decimal


       \e[1mdownspeedgraph ("normal"|"log") (height),(width)  (gradient  colour  1)\e[0m
       \e[1m(gradient colour 2) (scale) (net)\e[0m
              Download  speed  graph,  colours defined in hex, minus the #. If
              scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the  graph.  Uses  a
              logarithmic  scale (to see small numbers) when you use "log" in‐
              stead of "normal".


       \e[1melse   \e[22mText to show if any of the above are not true


       \e[1mentropy_avail\e[0m
              Current entropy available for crypto freaks


       \e[1mentropy_bar (height),(width)\e[0m
              Normalized bar of available entropy for crypto freaks


       \e[1mentropy_poolsize\e[0m
              Total size of system entropy pool for crypto freaks


       \e[1meval string\e[0m
              Evalutates given string according to the rules of TEXT interpre‐
              tation,  i.e.  parsing  any contained text object specifications
              into their output, any occuring '$$' into a single  '$'  and  so
              on. The output is then being parsed again.


       \e[1mexec command\e[0m
              Executes a shell command and displays the output in conky. warn‐
              ing: this takes a lot more resources than other  variables.  I'd
              recommend coding wanted behaviour in C and posting a patch.


       \e[1mexecbar command\e[0m
              Same  as  exec,  except if the first value return is a value be‐
              tween 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.


       \e[1mexecgauge command\e[0m
              Same  as  exec,  except if the first value return is a value be‐
              tween 0-100, it will use that number for a gauge. The  size  for
              the  gauge  is  currently fixed, but you may change that for the
              future conky release.


       \e[1mexecgraph ("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradi‐\e[0m
       \e[1ment colour 2) (scale) command\e[0m
              Same as execbar, but graphs values. Uses a logaritmic scale when
              the log option is given (to see  small  numbers).  Values  still
              have to be between 0 and 100.


       \e[1mexeci interval command\e[0m
              Same  as exec but with specific interval. Interval can't be less
              than update_interval in configuration. See also $texeci


       \e[1mexecibar interval command\e[0m
              Same as execbar, except with an interval


       \e[1mexecigraph interval command\e[0m
              Same as execgraph, but takes an interval arg graphs values


       \e[1mexecp command\e[0m
              Executes a shell command and displays the output in conky. warn‐
              ing:  this  takes a lot more resources than other variables. I'd
              recommend coding wanted behaviour in C and posting a patch. This
              differs  from $exec in that it parses the output of the command,
              so you can insert things like ${color  red}hi!${color}  in  your
              script  and  have  it correctly parsed by Conky.  Caveats: Conky
              parses and evaluates the  output  of  $execp  every  time  Conky
              loops, and then destroys all the objects. If you try to use any‐
              thing like $execi within an $execp statement, it will  function‐
              ally run at the same interval that the $execp statement runs, as
              it is created and destroyed at every interval.


       \e[1mexecpi interval command\e[0m
              Same as execp but with specific interval. Interval can't be less
              than update_interval in configuration. Note that the output from
              the $execpi command is still parsed and evaluated at  every  in‐
              terval.


       \e[1mfont (font)\e[0m
              Specify  a  different font. This new font will apply to the cur‐
              rent line and everything following. You can use a $font with  no
              arguments  to  change  back  to the default font (much like with
              $color)


       \e[1mfreq (n)\e[0m
              Returns CPU #n's frequency in MHz. CPUs are counted from  1.  If
              omitted, the parameter defaults to 1.


       \e[1mfreq_g (n)\e[0m
              Returns  CPU  #n's frequency in GHz. CPUs are counted from 1. If
              omitted, the parameter defaults to 1.


       \e[1mfreq_dyn (n)\e[0m
              Returns CPU #n's frequency in MHz (defaults to 1), but is calcu‐
              lated  by  counting  to clock cycles to complete an instruction.
              Only available for x86/amd64.


       \e[1mfreq_dyn_g (n)\e[0m
              Returns CPU #n's frequency in GHz (defaults to 1), but is calcu‐
              lated  by  counting  to clock cycles to complete an instruction.
              Only available for x86/amd64.


       \e[1mfs_bar (height),(width) fs\e[0m
              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.


       \e[1mfs_free (fs)\e[0m
              Free space on a file system available for users.


       \e[1mfs_free_perc (fs)\e[0m
              Free percentage of space on a file system available for users.


       \e[1mfs_size (fs)\e[0m
              File system size


       \e[1mfs_type (fs)\e[0m
              File system type


       \e[1mfs_used (fs)\e[0m
              File system used space


       \e[1mgoto x \e[22mThe next element will be printed at position 'x'.


       \e[1mgw_iface\e[0m
              Displays  the default route's interface or "multiple"/"none" ac‐
              cordingly.


       \e[1mgw_ip  \e[22mDisplays the default gateway's IP or  "multiple"/"none"  accord‐
              ingly.


       \e[1mhddtemp dev, (host,(port))\e[0m
              Displays  temperature  of a selected hard disk drive as reported
              by the hddtemp daemon running on  host:port.   Default  host  is
              127.0.0.1, default port is 7634.


       \e[1mhead logfile lines (interval)\e[0m
              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.


       \e[1mhr (height)\e[0m
              Horizontal line, height is the height in pixels


       \e[1mhwmon (dev) type n\e[0m
              Hwmon  sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). Parameter dev may be omit‐
              ted if you have only one hwmon device. Parameter type is  either
              'in' or 'vol' meaning voltage; 'fan' meaning fan; 'temp' meaning
              temperature.  Parameter  n  is  number  of   the   sensor.   See
              /sys/class/hwmon/ on your local computer.


       \e[1miconv_start codeset_from codeset_to\e[0m
              Convert  text from one codeset to another using GNU iconv. Needs
              to be stopped with iconv_stop.


       \e[1miconv_stop\e[0m
              Stop iconv codeset conversion.


       \e[1mi2c (dev) type n\e[0m
              I2C sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). Parameter dev may be  omitted
              if  you  have only one I2C device. Parameter type is either 'in'
              or 'vol' meaning voltage; 'fan' meaning fan; 'temp' meaning tem‐
              perature.   Parameter   n   is   number   of   the  sensor.  See
              /sys/bus/i2c/devices/ on your local computer.


       \e[1mi8k_ac_status\e[0m
              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.


       \e[1mi8k_bios\e[0m
              If  running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
              the bios version as listed in /proc/i8k.


       \e[1mi8k_buttons_status\e[0m
              If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops,  displays
              the volume buttons status as listed in /proc/i8k.


       \e[1mi8k_cpu_temp\e[0m
              If  running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
              the cpu temperature in Celsius, as reported by /proc/i8k.


       \e[1mi8k_left_fan_rpm\e[0m
              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.


       \e[1mi8k_left_fan_status\e[0m
              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 re‐
              verse order.


       \e[1mi8k_right_fan_rpm\e[0m
              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.


       \e[1mi8k_right_fan_status\e[0m
              If  running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
              the right fan status as listed in /proc/i8k (translated  to  hu‐
              man-readable).  Beware,  some  laptops i8k reports these fans in
              reverse order.


       \e[1mi8k_serial\e[0m
              If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops,  displays
              your laptop serial number as listed in /proc/i8k.


       \e[1mi8k_version\e[0m
              If  running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
              the version formatting of /proc/i8k.


       \e[1mibm_fan\e[0m
              If running the IBM ACPI, displays the fan speed.


       \e[1mibm_temps N\e[0m
              If running the IBM ACPI, displays the temperatures from the  IBM
              temperature sensors (N=0..7) Sensor 0 is on the CPU, 3 is on the
              GPU.


       \e[1mibm_volume\e[0m
              If running the IBM ACPI,  displays  the  "master"  volume,  con‐
              trolled by the volume keys (0-14).


       \e[1mibm_brightness\e[0m
              If running the IBM ACPI, displays the brigtness of the laptops's
              LCD (0-7).


       \e[1mif_empty (var)\e[0m
              if conky variable  VAR  is  empty,  display  everything  between
              $if_empty and the matching $endif


       \e[1mif_existing file (string)\e[0m
              if  FILE  exists, display everything between if_existing and the
              matching $endif. The optional second paramater checks  for  FILE
              containing  the  specified  string and prints everything between
              $if_existing and the matching $endif.


       \e[1mif_gw  \e[22mif there is at least one default gateway, display everything be‐
              tween $if_gw and the matching $endif


       \e[1mif_match expression\e[0m
              Evaluates  the given boolean expression, printing everything be‐
              tween $if_match and the matching $endif depending on whether the
              evaluation  returns true or not.  Valid expressions consist of a
              left side, an operator and a right side. Left  and  right  sides
              are  being  parsed for contained text objects before evaluation.
              Recognised left and right side types are:

              \e[1mdouble\e[22m: argument consists of only digits and a single dot.
              \e[1mlong\e[22m: argument consists of only digits.
              \e[1mstring\e[22m: argument is enclosed in quotation mark or the checks for
              double and long failed before.

              Valid operands are: '>', '<', '>=', '<=', '==', '!='.


       \e[1mif_running (process)\e[0m
              if  PROCESS  is  running, display everything $if_running and the
              matching $endif. This uses the  ``pidof''  command,  so  the  -x
              switch is also supported.


       \e[1mif_mounted (mountpoint)\e[0m
              if MOUNTPOINT is mounted, display everything between $if_mounted
              and the matching $endif


       \e[1mif_smapi_bat_installed (INDEX)\e[0m
              when using smapi, if the battery with index INDEX is  installed,
              display   everything  between  $if_smapi_bat_installed  and  the
              matching $endif


       \e[1mif_up (interface)\e[0m
              if INTERFACE exists and is up, display everything between $if_up
              and the matching $endif


       \e[1mif_updatenr (updatenr)\e[0m
              If  it's the UPDATENR-th time that conky updates, display every‐
              thing between $if_updatenr and the matching $endif.  The counter
              resets   when  the  highest  UPDATENR  is  reached.   Example  :
              "{$if_updatenr 1}foo$endif{$if_updatenr 2}bar$endif{$if_updatenr
              4}$endif"  shows  foo 25% of the time followed by bar 25% of the
              time followed by nothing the other half of the time.


       \e[1mimap_messages (args)\e[0m
              Displays the number of messages in your global IMAP inbox by de‐
              fault.  You  can  define  individual  IMAP inboxes seperately by
              passing arguments to this object. Arguments are: "host user pass
              [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command] [-r retries]". Default port
              is 143, default interval is 5 minutes, and default number of re‐
              tries before giving up is 5. If the password is supplied as '*',
              you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.


       \e[1mimap_unseen (args)\e[0m
              Displays the number of unseen messages in your global IMAP inbox
              by default. You can define individual IMAP inboxes seperately by
              passing arguments to this object. Arguments are: "host user pass
              [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command] [-r retries]". Default port
              is 143, default interval is 5 minutes, and default number of re‐
              tries before giving up is 5. If the password is supplied as '*',
              you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.


       \e[1mioscheduler disk\e[0m
              Prints the current ioscheduler used  for  the  given  disk  name
              (i.e. e.g. "hda" or "sdb")


       \e[1mkernel \e[22mKernel version


       \e[1mlaptop_mode\e[0m
              The value of /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode


       \e[1mloadavg\e[0m
              (1,2,3)> System load average, 1 is for past 1 minute, 2 for past
              5 minutes and 3 for past 15 minutes.


       \e[1mloadgraph ("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradi‐\e[0m
       \e[1ment colour 2) (scale)\e[0m
              Load1  average graph, similar to xload, with optional colours in
              hex, minus the #. Uses a logarithmic scale (to  see  small  num‐
              bers) when you use "log" instead of "normal".


       \e[1mlines textfile\e[0m
              Displays the number of lines in the given file


       \e[1mmachine\e[0m
              Machine, i686 for example


       \e[1mmails (mailbox) (interval)\e[0m
              Mail  count  in the specified mailbox or your mail spool if not.
              Both mbox and maildir type mailboxes are supported. You can  use
              a  program  like  fetchmail  to get mails from some server using
              your favourite protocol. See also new_mails.


       \e[1mnew_mails (mailbox) (interval)\e[0m
              Unread mail count in the specified mailbox or mail spool if not.
              Both mbox and maildir type mailboxes are supported.


       \e[1mseen_mails (maildir) (interval)\e[0m
              Number  of mails marked as seen in the specified mailbox or mail
              spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes  are  supported,  mbox
              type will return -1.


       \e[1munseen_mails (maildir) (interval)\e[0m
              Number  of  new or unseen mails in the specified mailbox or mail
              spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes  are  supported,  mbox
              type will return -1.


       \e[1mflagged_mails (maildir) (interval)\e[0m
              Number  of  mails  marked as flagged in the specified mailbox or
              mail spool if not. Only maildir type  mailboxes  are  supported,
              mbox type will return -1.


       \e[1munflagged_mails (maildir) (interval)\e[0m
              Number  of  mails not marked as flagged in the specified mailbox
              or mail spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported,
              mbox type will return -1.


       \e[1mforwarded_mails (maildir) (interval)\e[0m
              Number  of mails marked as forwarded in the specified mailbox or
              mail spool if not. Only maildir type  mailboxes  are  supported,
              mbox type will return -1.


       \e[1munforwarded_mails (maildir) (interval)\e[0m
              Number of mails not marked as forwarded in the specified mailbox
              or mail spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported,
              mbox type will return -1.


       \e[1mreplied_mails (maildir) (interval)\e[0m
              Number  of  mails  marked as replied in the specified mailbox or
              mail spool if not. Only maildir type  mailboxes  are  supported,
              mbox type will return -1.


       \e[1munreplied_mails (maildir) (interval)\e[0m
              Number  of  mails not marked as replied in the specified mailbox
              or mail spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported,
              mbox type will return -1.


       \e[1mdraft_mails (maildir) (interval)\e[0m
              Number of mails marked as draft in the specified mailbox or mail
              spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes  are  supported,  mbox
              type will return -1.


       \e[1mtrashed_mails (maildir) (interval)\e[0m
              Number  of  mails  marked as trashed in the specified mailbox or
              mail spool if not. Only maildir type  mailboxes  are  supported,
              mbox type will return -1.


       \e[1mmboxscan (-n number of messages to print) (-fw from width) (-sw subject\e[0m
       \e[1mwidth) mbox\e[0m
              Print a summary of recent messages in an  mbox  format  mailbox.
              mbox  parameter  is the filename of the mailbox (can be encapsu‐
              lated using '"', ie. ${mboxscan -n 10 "/home/brenden/some box"}


       \e[1mmem    \e[22mAmount of memory in use


       \e[1mmembar (height),(width)\e[0m
              Bar that shows amount of memory in use


       \e[1mmemgauge (height),(width)\e[0m
              Gauge that shows amount of memory in use (see cpugauge)


       \e[1mmemgraph ("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1)  (gradi‐\e[0m
       \e[1ment colour 2) (scale)\e[0m
              Memory  usage graph. Uses a logarithmic scale (to see small num‐
              bers) when you use "log" instead of "normal".


       \e[1mmemeasyfree\e[0m
              Amount of free memory including the memory that is  very  easily
              freed (buffers/cache)


       \e[1mmemfree\e[0m
              Amount of free memory


       \e[1mmemmax \e[22mTotal amount of memory


       \e[1mmemperc\e[0m
              Percentage of memory in use


       \e[1mmixer (device)\e[0m
              Prints  the  mixer value as reported by the OS. Default mixer is
              "vol", but you can specify one of the following  optional  argu‐
              ments:  "vol",  "bass",  "treble",  "synth",  "pcm",  "speaker",
              "line", "mic", "cd", "mix",  "pcm2",  "rec",  "igain",  "ogain",
              "line1",  "line2",  "line3",  "dig1",  "dig2",  "dig3",  "phin",
              "phout", "video", "radio", "monitor". Refer to the definition of
              SOUND_DEVICE_NAMES  in  <linux/soundcard.h>  (on Linux), <sound‐
              card.h> (on OpenBSD), or <sys/soundcard.h> to find the exact op‐
              tions available on your system.


       \e[1mmixerbar (device)\e[0m
              Displays  mixer  value  in a bar as reported by the OS. See docs
              for $mixer for details on arguments.


       \e[1mmixerr (device)\e[0m
              Prints the right channel mixer value as reported by the OS.  See
              docs for $mixer for details on arguments.


       \e[1mmixerrbar (device)\e[0m
              Displays  the  right channel mixer value in a bar as reported by
              the OS. See docs for $mixer for details on arguments.


       \e[1mmixerl (device)\e[0m
              Prints the left channel mixer value as reported by the  OS.  See
              docs for $mixer for details on arguments.


       \e[1mmixerlbar (device)\e[0m
              Displays  the  left  channel mixer value in a bar as reported by
              the OS. See docs for $mixer for details on arguments.


       \e[1mmoc_state\e[0m
              Current state of MOC; playing, stopped etc.


       \e[1mmoc_file\e[0m
              File name of the current MOC song


       \e[1mmoc_title\e[0m
              Title of the current MOC song


       \e[1mmoc_artist\e[0m
              Artist of the current MOC song


       \e[1mmoc_song\e[0m
              The current song name being played in MOC.


       \e[1mmoc_album\e[0m
              Album of the current MOC song


       \e[1mmoc_totaltime\e[0m
              Total length of the current MOC song


       \e[1mmoc_timeleft\e[0m
              Time left in the current MOC song


       \e[1mmoc_curtime\e[0m
              Current time of the current MOC song


       \e[1mmoc_bitrate\e[0m
              Bitrate in the current MOC song


       \e[1mmoc_rate\e[0m
              Rate of the current MOC song


       \e[1mmonitor\e[0m
              Number of the monitor on which conky is running


       \e[1mmonitor_number\e[0m
              Number of monitors


       \e[1mmpd_artist\e[0m
              Artist in current MPD song must be enabled at compile


       \e[1mmpd_album\e[0m
              Album in current MPD song


       \e[1mmpd_bar (height),(width)\e[0m
              Bar of mpd's progress


       \e[1mmpd_bitrate\e[0m
              Bitrate of current song


       \e[1mmpd_status\e[0m
              Playing, stopped, et cetera.


       \e[1mmpd_title (max length)\e[0m
              Title of current MPD song


       \e[1mmpd_vol\e[0m
              MPD's volume


       \e[1mmpd_elapsed\e[0m
              Song's elapsed time


       \e[1mmpd_length\e[0m
              Song's length


       \e[1mmpd_percent\e[0m
              Percent of song's progress


       \e[1mmpd_random\e[0m
              Random status (On/Off)


       \e[1mmpd_repeat\e[0m
              Repeat status (On/Off)


       \e[1mmpd_track\e[0m
              Prints the MPD track field


       \e[1mmpd_name\e[0m
              Prints the MPD name field


       \e[1mmpd_file\e[0m
              Prints the file name of the current MPD song


       \e[1mmpd_smart (max length)\e[0m
              Prints the song name in either the form "artist - title" or file
              name, depending on whats available


       \e[1mif_mpd_playing\e[0m
              if   mpd  is  playing  or  paused,  display  everything  between
              $if_mpd_playing and the matching $endif


       \e[1mnameserver (index)\e[0m
              Print a nameserver from /etc/resolv.conf. Index  starts  at  and
              defaults to 0.


       \e[1mnodename\e[0m
              Hostname


       \e[1mnvidia threshold temp ambient gpufreq memfreq imagequality\e[0m
              Nvidia  graficcard support for the XNVCtrl library.  Each option
              can be shortened to the least  significant  part.   Temperatures
              are printed as float, all other values as integer.

              \e[1mthreshold\e[22m: the thresholdtemperature at which the gpu slows down
              \e[1mtemp\e[22m: gives the gpu current temperature
              \e[1mambient\e[22m: gives current air temperature near GPU case
              \e[1mgpufreq\e[22m: gives the current gpu frequency
              \e[1mmemfreq\e[22m: gives the current mem frequency
              \e[1mimagequality\e[22m: which imagequality should be choosen by OpenGL ap‐
              plications


       \e[1moutlinecolor (color)\e[0m
              Change outline color


       \e[1mpb_battery item\e[0m
              If running on Apple powerbook/ibook, display information on bat‐
              tery  status.  The item parameter specifies, what information to
              display. Exactly one item must be specified. Valid items are:

              \e[1mstatus\e[22m: Display if battery is fully charged, charging, discharg‐
              ing or absent (running on AC)
              \e[1mpercent\e[22m:  Display  charge  of battery in percent, if charging or
              discharging. Nothing will be  displayed,  if  battery  is  fully
              charged or absent.
              \e[1mtime\e[22m: Display the time remaining until the battery will be fully
              charged or discharged at current rate. Nothing is displayed,  if
              battery  is  absent or if it's present but fully charged and not
              discharging.


       \e[1mplatform (dev) type n\e[0m
              Platform sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6).  Parameter  dev  may  be
              omitted  if  you have only one platform device. Platform type is
              either 'in' or 'vol' meaning voltage; 'fan' meaning fan;  'temp'
              meaning  temperature.  Parameter  n is number of the sensor. See
              /sys/bus/platform/devices/ on your local computer.


       \e[1mpop3_unseen (args)\e[0m
              Displays the number of unseen messages in your global POP3 inbox
              by default. You can define individual POP3 inboxes seperately by
              passing arguments to this object. Arguments are: "host user pass
              [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command] [-r retries]". Default port
              is 110, default interval is 5 minutes, and default number of re‐
              tries before giving up is 5. If the password is supplied as '*',
              you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.


       \e[1mpop3_used (args)\e[0m
              Displays the amount of space (in MiB, 2^20) used in your  global
              POP3  inbox  by  default. You can define individual POP3 inboxes
              seperately by passing arguments to this object.  Arguments  are:
              "host  user  pass  [-i  interval] [-p port] [-e command] [-r re‐
              tries]". Default port is 110, default interval is 5 minutes, and
              default number of retries before giving up is 5. If the password
              is supplied as '*', you will be prompted to enter  the  password
              when Conky starts.


       \e[1mpre_exec shell command\e[0m
              Executes a shell command one time before conky displays anything
              and puts output as text.


       \e[1mprocesses\e[0m
              Total processes (sleeping and running)


       \e[1mrunning_processes\e[0m
              Running processes (not sleeping), requires Linux 2.6


       \e[1mscroll length (step) text\e[0m
              Scroll 'text' by 'step' characters showing  'length'  number  of
              characters  at  the  same  time. The text may also contain vari‐
              ables. 'step' is optional and defaults to 1 if not set. If a var
              creates  output  on multiple lines then the lines are placed be‐
              hind each other separated with a '|'-sign. Do NOT use vars  that
              change  colors or otherwise affect the design inside a scrolling
              text. If you want spaces  between  the  start  and  the  end  of
              'text',  place them at the end of 'text' not at the front ("foo‐
              bar" and " foobar" can both generate "barfoo" but "foobar " will
              keep the spaces like this "bar foo").


       \e[1mshadecolor (color)\e[0m
              Change shading color


       \e[1msmapi (ARGS)\e[0m
              when  using  smapi,  display  contents of the /sys/devices/plat‐
              form/smapi directory. ARGS are either '(FILENAME)' or 'bat  (IN‐
              DEX)  (FILENAME)'  to  display the corresponding files' content.
              This is a very raw method of accessing the  smapi  values.  When
              available, better use one of the smapi_* variables instead.


       \e[1msmapi_bat_bar (INDEX),(height),(width)\e[0m
              when  using smapi, display the remaining capacity of the battery
              with index INDEX as a bar.


       \e[1msmapi_bat_perc (INDEX)\e[0m
              when using smapi, display the remaining capacity in  percent  of
              the  battery  with  index INDEX. This is a separate variable be‐
              cause it supports the 'use_spacer' configuration option.


       \e[1msmapi_bat_power INDEX\e[0m
              when using smapi, display the current power of the battery  with
              index  INDEX  in  watt.  This is a separate variable because the
              original read out value is being converted from mW. The sign  of
              the  output  reflects  charging (positive) or discharging (nega‐
              tive) state.


       \e[1msmapi_bat_temp INDEX\e[0m
              when using smapi, display the current temperature of the battery
              with  index INDEX in degree Celsius. This is a separate variable
              because the original read out value is being converted from mil‐
              li degree Celsius.


       \e[1mstippled_hr (space)\e[0m
              Stippled (dashed) horizontal line


       \e[1mswapbar (height),(width)\e[0m
              Bar that shows amount of swap in use


       \e[1mswap   \e[22mAmount of swap in use


       \e[1mswapmax\e[0m
              Total amount of swap


       \e[1mswapperc\e[0m
              Percentage of swap in use


       \e[1msysname\e[0m
              System name, Linux for example


       \e[1mtcp_portmon port_begin port_end item (index) \e[4m\e[22m(ip4\e[24m \e[4monly\e[24m \e[4mat\e[24m \e[4mpresent)\e[0m
              TCP port monitor for specified local ports. Port numbers must be
              in the range 1 to 65535. Valid items are:

              \e[1mcount \e[22m- total number of connections in the range
              \e[1mrip \e[22m- remote ip address
              \e[1mrhost \e[22m- remote host name
              \e[1mrport \e[22m- remote port number
              \e[1mrservice \e[22m- remote service name from /etc/services
              \e[1mlip \e[22m- local ip address
              \e[1mlhost \e[22m- local host name
              \e[1mlport \e[22m- local port number
              \e[1mlservice \e[22m- local service name from /etc/services

              The connection index provides you with access to each connection
              in the port monitor. The monitor will return information for in‐
              dex 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.

              Examples:
              \e[1m${tcp_portmon 6881 6999 count} \e[22m- displays the number of  connec‐
              tions in the bittorrent port range
              \e[1m${tcp_portmon  22 22 rip 0} \e[22m- displays the remote host ip of the
              first sshd connection
              \e[1m${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 9} \e[22m- displays the remote host ip of  the
              tenth sshd connection
              \e[1m${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rhost 0} \e[22m- displays the remote host name of
              the first connection on a privileged port
              \e[1m${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rport 4} \e[22m- displays the remote host port of
              the fifth connection on a privileged port
              \e[1m${tcp_portmon  1 65535 lservice 14} \e[22m- displays the local service
              name of the fifteenth connection in the range of all ports

              Note that port monitor variables which share the same port range
              actually refer to the same monitor, so many references to a sin‐
              gle port range for different items and different indexes all use
              the  same monitor internally. In other words, the program avoids
              creating redundant monitors.

       \e[1mtexeci interval command\e[0m
              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  updat‐
              ing.  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 in‐
              terval at least 6 seconds. See also $execi.


       \e[1moffset (pixels)\e[0m
              Move text over by N pixels. See also $voffset.


       \e[1mrss url delay_in_minutes action item_num\e[0m
              Download and parse RSS feeds. Action may be one of  the  follow‐
              ing:  feed_title, item_title (with num par), item_desc (with num
              par) and item_titles.


       \e[1mtab (width, (start))\e[0m
              Puts a tab of the specified width, starting from column 'start'.
              The unit is pixels for both arguments.


       \e[1mtail logfile lines (interval)\e[0m
              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.


       \e[1mtemplateN (arg1) (arg2) (arg3 ...)\e[0m
              Evaluate  the  content  of  the templateN configuration variable
              (where N is a value between 0 and 9, inclusively), applying sub‐
              stitutions  as described in the documentation of the correspond‐
              ing configuration variable.  The number of arguments is  option‐
              al,  but  must match the highest referred index in the template.
              You can use the same special sequences in each argument  as  the
              ones  valid for a template definition, e.g. to allow an argument
              to contain a whitespace. Also simple  nesting  of  templates  is
              possible this way.

              Here are some examples of template definitions:

              template0 $\1\2
              template1 \1: ${fs_used \2} / ${fs_size \2}
              template2 \1 \2

              The  following  list shows sample usage of the templates defined
              above, with the equivalent syntax when not using any template at
              all:

              using template                            same without template
              ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
              ${template0 node name}                    $nodename
              ${template1 root /}                       root:   ${fs_free   /}   /
                                                        ${fs_size /}
              ${template1 ${template2\ disk\ root} /}   disk root: ${fs_free /} / ${fs_size /}


       \e[1mtime (format)\e[0m
              Local time, see man strftime to get more information about  for‐
              mat


       \e[1mutime (format)\e[0m
              Display time in UTC (universal coordinate time).


       \e[1mtztime (timezone) (format)\e[0m
              Local  time for specified timezone, see man strftime to get more
              information about format. The timezone argument is specified  in
              similar  fashion  as TZ environment variable. For hints, look in
              /usr/share/zoneinfo. e.g. US/Pacific, Europe/Zurich, etc.


       \e[1mtotaldown net\e[0m
              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 al‐
              ready done that before conky has started.


       \e[1mtop type, num\e[0m
              This takes arguments in the form:top (name) (number)  Basically,
              processes  are ranked from highest to lowest in terms of cpu us‐
              age, which is what (num)  represents.  The  types  are:  "name",
              "pid",  "cpu",  "mem", "mem_res", "mem_vsize", and "time". There
              can be a max of 10 processes listed.


       \e[1mtop_mem type, num\e[0m
              Same as top, except sorted by mem usage instead of cpu


       \e[1mtop_time type, num\e[0m
              Same as top, except sorted by total CPU time instead of  current
              CPU usage


       \e[1mtotalup net\e[0m
              Total upload, this one too, may overflow


       \e[1mupdates Number of updates\e[0m
              for debugging


       \e[1mupspeed net\e[0m
              Upload speed in KiB


       \e[1mupspeedf net\e[0m
              Upload speed in KiB with one decimal


       \e[1mupspeedgraph  ("normal"|"log")  (height),(width)  (gradient  colour  1)\e[0m
       \e[1m(gradient colour 2) (scale) (net)\e[0m
              Upload speed graph, colours defined in  hex,  minus  the  #.  If
              scale  is  non-zero,  it becomes the scale for the graph. Uses a
              logarithmic scale (to see small numbers) when you use "log"  in‐
              stead of "normal".


       \e[1muptime \e[22mUptime


       \e[1muptime_short\e[0m
              Uptime in a shorter format


       \e[1muser_number\e[0m
              Number of users logged in


       \e[1muser_names\e[0m
              Lists the names of the users logged in


       \e[1muser_terms\e[0m
              Lists the consoles in use


       \e[1muser_times\e[0m
              Lists how long users have been logged in for


       \e[1mvoffset (pixels)\e[0m
              Change  vertical  offset by N pixels. Negative values will cause
              text to overlap. See also $offset.


       \e[1mvoltage_mv (n)\e[0m
              Returns CPU #n's voltage in mV. CPUs  are  counted  from  1.  If
              omitted, the parameter defaults to 1.


       \e[1mvoltage_v (n)\e[0m
              Returns CPU #n's voltage in V. CPUs are counted from 1. If omit‐
              ted, the parameter defaults to 1.


       \e[1mwireless_essid net\e[0m
              Wireless access point ESSID (Linux only)


       \e[1mwireless_mode net\e[0m
              Wireless mode (Managed/Ad-Hoc/Master) (Linux only)


       \e[1mwireless_bitrate net\e[0m
              Wireless bitrate (ie 11 Mb/s) (Linux only)


       \e[1mwireless_ap net\e[0m
              Wireless access point MAC address (Linux only)


       \e[1mwireless_link_qual net\e[0m
              Wireless link quality (Linux only)


       \e[1mwireless_link_qual_max net\e[0m
              Wireless link quality maximum value (Linux only)


       \e[1mwireless_link_qual_perc net\e[0m
              Wireless link quality in percents (Linux only)


       \e[1mwireless_link_bar (height), (width) net\e[0m
              Wireless link quality bar (Linux only)


       \e[1mwords textfile\e[0m
              Displays the number of words in the given file


       \e[1mxmms2_artist\e[0m
              Artist in current XMMS2 song


       \e[1mxmms2_album\e[0m
              Album in current XMMS2 song


       \e[1mxmms2_title\e[0m
              Title in current XMMS2 song


       \e[1mxmms2_genre\e[0m
              Genre in current XMMS2 song


       \e[1mxmms2_comment\e[0m
              Comment in current XMMS2 song


       \e[1mxmms2_decoder\e[0m
              Decoder plugin used


       \e[1mxmms2_transport\e[0m
              Transport plugin used


       \e[1mxmms2_url\e[0m
              Full path to current song


       \e[1mxmms2_tracknr\e[0m
              Track number in current XMMS2 song


       \e[1mxmms2_bitrate\e[0m
              Bitrate of current song


       \e[1mxmms2_id\e[0m
              XMMS2 id of current song


       \e[1mxmms2_duration\e[0m
              Duration of current song


       \e[1mxmms2_elapsed\e[0m
              Song's elapsed time


       \e[1mxmms2_size\e[0m
              Size of current song


       \e[1mxmms2_percent\e[0m
              Percent of song's progress


       \e[1mxmms2_status\e[0m
              XMMS2 status (Playing, Paused, Stopped, or Disconnected)


       \e[1mxmms2_bar (height),(width)\e[0m
              Bar of XMMS2's progress


       \e[1mxmms2_smart\e[0m
              Prints the song name in either the form "artist - title" or file
              name, depending on whats available


       \e[1mif_xmms2_connected\e[0m
              Display  everything between $if_xmms2_connected and the matching
              $endif if xmms2 is running.


       \e[1meve api_userid api_key character_id\e[0m
              Fetches your currently training skill from the  Eve  Online  API
              servers  (http://www.eve-online.com/)  and  displays  the  skill
              along with the remaining training time.


\e[1mEXAMPLES\e[0m
       conky \e[1m-t '${time %D %H:%M}' -o -u 30\e[0m
              Start Conky in its own window with date and clock as text and 30
              sec update interval.

       conky \e[1m-a top_left -x 5 -y 500 -d\e[0m
              Start Conky to background at coordinates (5, 500).

\e[1mFILES\e[0m
       \e[4m~/.conkyrc\e[24m default configuration file

\e[1mBUGS\e[0m
       Drawing to root or some other desktop window directly doesn't work with
       all window managers. Especially doesn't work well with Gnome and it has
       been  reported  that  it  doesn't work with KDE either. Nautilus can be
       disabled from drawing to desktop  with  program  gconf-editor.  Uncheck
       show_desktop  in  /apps/nautilus/preferences/.  There  is  -w switch in
       Conky to set some specific window id. You  might  find  xwininfo  -tree
       useful  to  find  the  window  to draw to. You can also use -o argument
       which makes Conky to create its own window. If you do try running Conky
       in  its  own window, be sure to read up on the own_window_type settings
       and experiment.

\e[1mSEE ALSO\e[0m
       ⟨http://conky.sourceforge.net/⟩

       ⟨http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/conky⟩

       #conky on irc.freenode.net

\e[1mCOPYING\e[0m
       Copyright (c) 2005-2009 Brenden Matthews, Philip Kovacs, et.  al.   Any
       original torsmo code is licensed under the BSD license (see LICENSE.BSD
       for a copy).  All code written since the fork of torsmo is licensed un‐
       der the GPL (see LICENSE.GPL for a copy), except where noted different‐
       ly (such as in portmon code, timed  thread  code,  and  audacious  code
       which are LGPL, and prss which is an MIT-style license).

\e[1mAUTHORS\e[0m
       The Conky dev team (see AUTHORS for a full list of contributors).



                                  2009-03-15                          conky(1)