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.TH polybar 1 2017 -01-26 "polybar 3.0.2" "User Manual"
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.SH NAME
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polybar \- A fast and easy-to-use tool status bar
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fB polybar\fR [\fI OPTION\fR ]... \fI BAR\fR
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.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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.TP
\fB \- h\fR , \fB \- \- help\fR
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Display help text and exit
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.TP
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\fB \- v\fR , \fB \- \- version\fR
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Display build details and exit
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.TP
\fB \- l\fR , \fB \- \- log\fR =\fI LEVEL\fR
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Set the logging verbosity (default: \fB WARNING\fR )
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\fI LEVEL\fR is one of: error, warning, info, trace
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.TP
\fB \- q\fR , \fB \- \- quiet\fR
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Be quiet (will override -l)
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.TP
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\fB \- c\fR , \fB \- \- config\fR =\fI FILE\fR
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\fR
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\fB $HOME/.config/polybar/config\fR
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.RE
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.TP
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\fB \- r\fR , \fB \- \- reload\fR
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Reload the application when the config file has been modified
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.TP
\fB \- d\fR , \fB \- \- dump\fR =\fI PARAM\fR
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Print the value of the specified parameter \fI PARAM\fR in bar section and exit
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.TP
\fB \- m\fR , \fB \- \- list\- monitors\fR
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Print list of available monitors and exit
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.TP
\fB \- w\fR , \fB \- \- print\- wmname\fR
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Print the generated \fI WM_NAME\fR and exit
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.TP
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\fB \- s\fR , \fB \- \- stdout\fR
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Output the data to stdout instead of drawing it to the X window
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\fB \- p\fR , \fB \- \- png\fR =\fI FILE\fR
Save png snapshot to \fI FILE\fR after running for 3 seconds
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.SH AUTHOR
Michael Carlberg <c@rlberg.se>
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Contributors can be listed on GitHub.
.SH REPORTING BUGS
Report issues on GitHub <https://github.com/jaagr/polybar>
.SH SEE ALSO
Full documentation at: <https://github.com/jaagr/polybar>
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Project wiki: <https://github.com/jaagr/polybar/wiki>