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.TH "POLYBAR" "1" "Mar 17, 2021" "3.5.5" "Polybar User Manual"
.SH NAME
polybar \- A fast and easy-to-use tool status bar
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBpolybar\fP [\fIOPTIONS\fP]... \fIBAR\fP
.SH DESCRIPTION
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Polybar aims to help users build beautiful and highly customizable status bars for their desktop environment, without the need of having a black belt in shell scripting.
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.B \-h, \-\-help
Display help text and exit
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.B \-v, \-\-version
Display build details and exit
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.B \-l, \-\-log=LEVEL
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Set the logging verbosity (default: \fBnotice\fP)
\fILEVEL\fP is one of: error, warning, notice, info, trace
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.B \-q, \-\-quiet
Be quiet (will override \-l)
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.B \-c, \-\-config=FILE
Specify the path to the configuration file. By default, the configuration file is loaded from:
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\fB$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/polybar/config\fP
\fB$HOME/.config/polybar/config\fP
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.B \-r, \-\-reload
Reload the application when the config file has been modified
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.B \-d, \-\-dump=PARAM
Print the value of the specified parameter \fIPARAM\fP in bar section and exit
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.B \-m, \-\-list\-monitors
Print list of available monitors and exit
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If some monitors are cloned, this will exclude all but one of them
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.B \-M, \-\-list\-all\-monitors
Print list of available monitors and exit
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This will also include all cloned monitors.
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.B \-w, \-\-print\-wmname
Print the generated \fIWM_NAME\fP and exit
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.B \-s, \-\-stdout
Output the data to stdout instead of drawing it to the X window
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.B \-p, \-\-png=FILE
Save png snapshot to \fIFILE\fP after running for 3 seconds
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.SH AUTHOR
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Michael Carlberg <\fI\%c@rlberg.se\fP>
Contributors can be listed on GitHub.
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.SH REPORTING BUGS
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Report issues on GitHub <\fI\%https://github.com/polybar/polybar\fP>
.SH SEE ALSO
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Full documentation at: <\fI\%https://github.com/polybar/polybar\fP>
Project wiki: <\fI\%https://github.com/polybar/polybar/wiki\fP>
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\fBpolybar(5)\fP
.SH COPYRIGHT
2016-2021, Michael Carlberg & contributors
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