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POLYBAR(1) Polybar User Manual POLYBAR(1)

NAME

polybar - A fast and easy-to-use tool status bar

SYNOPSIS

polybar [OPTIONS]... BAR

DESCRIPTION

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.

OPTIONS

-h, --help
Display help text and exit

-v, --version
Display build details and exit

-l, --log=LEVEL
Set the logging verbosity (default: notice)
LEVEL is one of: error, warning, notice, info, trace


-q, --quiet
Be quiet (will override -l)

-c, --config=FILE
Specify the path to the configuration file. By default, the configuration file is loaded from: 
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/polybar/config
$HOME/.config/polybar/config


-r, --reload
Reload the application when the config file has been modified

-d, --dump=PARAM
Print the value of the specified parameter PARAM in bar section and exit

-m, --list-monitors
Print list of available monitors and exit

If some monitors are cloned, this will exclude all but one of them


-M, --list-all-monitors
Print list of available monitors and exit

This will also include all cloned monitors.


-w, --print-wmname
Print the generated WM_NAME and exit

-s, --stdout
Output the data to stdout instead of drawing it to the X window

-p, --png=FILE
Save png snapshot to FILE after running for 3 seconds

AUTHOR

Michael Carlberg <c@rlberg.se>
Contributors can be listed on GitHub.

REPORTING BUGS

Report issues on GitHub <https://github.com/polybar/polybar>

SEE ALSO

Full documentation at: <https://github.com/polybar/polybar>
Project wiki: <https://github.com/polybar/polybar/wiki>

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COPYRIGHT

2016-2021, Michael Carlberg & contributors
March 17, 2021 3.5.5