| Variable |
Arguments () = optional |
Explanation |
| addr |
interface |
IP address for an interface, or "No Address" if no address is assigned.
|
| addrs |
interface |
IP addresses for an interface (if one - works like addr). Linux only.
|
| acpiacadapter |
|
ACPI ac adapter state.
|
| acpifan |
|
ACPI fan state
|
| acpitemp |
|
ACPI temperature in C.
|
| adt746xcpu |
|
CPU temperature from therm_adt746x
|
| adt746xfan |
|
Fan speed from therm_adt746x
|
| alignr |
(num) |
Right-justify text, with space of N
|
| alignc |
(num) |
Align text to centre
|
| apm_adapter |
|
Display APM AC adapter status (FreeBSD only)
|
| apm_battery_life |
|
Display APM battery life in percent (FreeBSD only)
|
| apm_battery_time |
|
Display remaining APM battery life in hh:mm:ss or "unknown" if
AC adapterstatus is on-line or charging (FreeBSD only)
|
| audacious_bar |
(height),(width) |
Progress bar
|
| audacious_bitrate |
|
Bitrate of current tune
|
| audacious_channels |
|
Number of audio channels of current tune
|
| audacious_filename |
|
Full path and filename of current tune
|
| audacious_frequency |
|
Sampling frequency of current tune
|
| audacious_length |
|
Total length of current tune as MM:SS
|
| audacious_length_seconds |
|
Total length of current tune in seconds
|
| audacious_playlist_position |
|
Playlist position of current tune
|
| audacious_playlist_length |
|
Number of tunes in playlist
|
| audacious_position |
|
Position of current tune (MM:SS)
|
| audacious_position_seconds |
|
Position of current tune in seconds
|
| audacious_status |
|
Player status (Playing/Paused/Stopped/Not running)
|
| audacious_title |
(max length) |
Title of current tune with optional maximum length specifier
|
| audacious_main_volume |
|
The current volume fetched from Audacious
|
| battery |
(num) |
Battery status and remaining percentage capacity of ACPI or APM battery. ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
|
| battery_short |
(num) |
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.
|
| battery_bar |
(height),(width) (num) |
Battery percentage remaining of ACPI battery in a bar. ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
|
| battery_percent |
(num) |
Battery percentage remaining for ACPI battery. ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
|
| battery_time |
(num) |
Battery charge/discharge time remaining of ACPI battery. ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
|
| bmpx_artist |
|
Artist in current BMPx track
|
| bmpx_album |
|
Album in current BMPx track
|
| bmpx_title |
|
Title of the current BMPx track
|
| bmpx_track |
|
Track number of the current BMPx track
|
| bmpx_bitrate |
|
Bitrate of the current BMPx track
|
| bmpx_uri |
|
URI of the current BMPx track
|
| buffers |
|
Amount of memory buffered
|
| cached |
|
Amount of memory cached
|
| color |
(color) |
Change drawing color to color
|
| colorN |
|
Change drawing color to colorN configuration option, where N is a digit between 0 and 9, inclusively.
|
| conky_version |
|
Conky version
|
| conky_build_date |
|
Date Conky was built
|
| conky_build_arch |
|
CPU architecture Conky was built for
|
| cpu |
(cpuN) |
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.
|
| cpubar |
(cpuN) (height),(width) |
Bar that shows CPU usage, height is bar's height in pixels. See $cpu for more info on SMP.
|
| cpugraph |
(cpuN) ("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale) |
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".
|
| diskio |
(device) |
Displays current disk IO. Device is optional, and takes the form of sda for /dev/sda. Individual partitions are allowed.
|
| diskiograph |
("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale) (device) |
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 "normal".
|
| diskio_read |
(device) |
Displays current disk IO for reads. Device as in diskio.
|
| diskiograph_read |
("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale) (device) |
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".
|
| diskio_write |
(device) |
Displays current disk IO for writes. Device as in diskio.
|
| diskiograph_write |
("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale) (device) |
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".
|
| disk_protect |
device |
Disk protection status, if supported (needs kernel-patch). Prints either "frozen" or "free " (note the padding).
|
| downspeed |
net |
Download speed in KiB
|
| downspeedf |
net |
Download speed in KiB with one decimal
|
| downspeedgraph |
("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale) (net) |
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" instead of "normal".
|
| else |
|
Text to show if any of the above are not true
|
| entropy_avail |
|
Current entropy available for crypto freaks
|
| entropy_bar |
(height),(width) |
Normalized bar of available entropy for crypto freaks
|
| entropy_poolsize |
|
Total size of system entropy pool for crypto freaks
|
| exec |
command |
Executes a shell command and displays the output in conky. warning: this takes a lot more resources than other variables. I'd recommend coding wanted behaviour in C and posting a patch.
|
| execbar |
command |
Same as exec, except if the first value return is a value between 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.
|
| execgraph |
("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale) command |
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.
|
| execi |
interval command |
Same as exec but with specific interval. Interval can't be less than update_interval in configuration. See also $texeci
|
| execibar |
interval command |
Same as execbar, except with an interval
|
| execigraph |
interval command |
Same as execgraph, but takes an interval arg graphs values
|
| execp |
command |
Executes a shell command and displays the output in conky. warning: 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 anything like $execi within an $execp statement, it will functionally run at the same interval that the $execp statement runs, as it is created and destroyed at every interval.
|
| execpi |
interval command |
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 interval.
|
| font |
(font) |
Specify a different font. This new font will apply to the current line and everything following. You can use a $font with no arguments to change back to the default font (much like with $color)
|
| freq |
(n) |
Returns CPU #n's frequency in MHz. CPUs are counted from 1. If omitted, the parameter defaults to 1.
|
| freq_g |
(n) |
Returns CPU #n's frequency in GHz. CPUs are counted from 1. If omitted, the parameter defaults to 1.
|
| fs_bar |
(height),(width) fs |
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.
|
| fs_bar_free |
(height),(width) fs |
Bar that shows how much space is free on a file system. height is the height in pixels. fs is any file on that file system.
|
| fs_free |
(fs) |
Free space on a file system available for users.
|
| fs_free_perc |
(fs) |
Free percentage of space on a file system available for users.
|
| fs_size |
(fs) |
File system size.
|
| fs_type |
(fs) |
File system type.
|
| fs_used |
(fs) |
File system used space.
|
| fs_used_perc |
(fs) |
Percent of file system used space.
|
| goto |
x |
The next element will be printed at position 'x'.
|
| gw_iface |
|
Displays the default route's interface or "multiple"/"none" accordingly.
|
| gw_ip |
|
Displays the default gateway's IP or "multiple"/"none" accordingly.
|
| hddtemp |
dev, (host,(port)) |
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.
|
| head |
logfile lines (interval) |
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.
|
| hr |
(height) |
Horizontal line, height is the height in pixels
|
| hwmon |
(dev) type n |
Hwmon sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). Parameter dev may be omitted 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.
|
| iconv_start |
codeset_from codeset_to |
Convert text from one codeset to another using GNU iconv. Needs to be stopped with iconv_stop.
|
| iconv_stop |
|
Stop iconv codeset conversion.
|
| i2c |
(dev) type n |
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 temperature. Parameter n is number of the sensor. See /sys/bus/i2c/devices/ on your local computer.
|
| i8k_ac_status |
|
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.
|
| i8k_bios |
|
If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the bios version as listed in /proc/i8k.
|
| i8k_buttons_status |
|
If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the volume buttons status as listed in /proc/i8k.
|
| i8k_cpu_temp |
|
If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the cpu temperature in Celsius, as reported by /proc/i8k.
|
| i8k_left_fan_rpm |
|
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.
|
| i8k_left_fan_status |
|
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 reverse order.
|
| i8k_right_fan_rpm |
|
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.
|
| i8k_right_fan_status |
|
If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the right fan status as listed in /proc/i8k (translated to human-readable). Beware, some laptops i8k reports these fans in reverse order.
|
| i8k_serial |
|
If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays your laptop serial number as listed in /proc/i8k.
|
| i8k_version |
|
If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the version formatting of /proc/i8k.
|
| ibm_fan |
|
If running the IBM ACPI, displays the fan speed.
|
| ibm_temps |
N |
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.
|
| ibm_volume |
|
If running the IBM ACPI, displays the "master" volume,
controlled by the volume keys (0-14).
|
| ibm_brightness |
|
If running the IBM ACPI, displays the brigtness of the
laptops's LCD (0-7).
|
| if_empty |
(var) |
if conky variable VAR is empty, display everything
between $if_empty and the matching $endif
|
| if_existing |
file (string) |
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.
|
| if_gw |
|
if there is at least one default gateway, display
everything between $if_gw and the matching $endif
|
| if_match |
expression |
Evaluates the given boolean expression, printing
everything between $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:
double:
argument consists of only digits and a
single dot.
long:
argument consists of only digits.
string:
argument is enclosed in quotation mark
or the checks for double and long failed
before.
Valid operands are:
'>', '<', '>=', '<=', '==', '!='.
|
| if_running |
(process) |
if PROCESS is running, display everything $if_running
and the matching $endif. This uses the ``pidof'' command, so the
-x switch is also supported.
|
| if_mounted |
(mountpoint) |
if MOUNTPOINT is mounted, display everything between
$if_mounted and the matching $endif
|
| if_smapi_bat_installed |
(INDEX) |
when using smapi, if the battery with index INDEX is
installed, display everything between
$if_smapi_bat_installed and the matching $endif
|
| if_up |
(interface) |
if INTERFACE exists and is up, display everything between $if_up and the matching $endif
|
| if_updatenr |
(updatenr) |
If it's the UPDATENR-th time that conky updates,
display everything 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.
|
| imap_messages |
(args) |
Displays the number of 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 retries before giving up is 5. If the password is supplied as '*', you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
|
| imap_unseen |
(args) |
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 retries before giving up is 5. If the password is supplied as '*', you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
|
| ioscheduler |
disk |
Prints the current ioscheduler used for the given disk name (i.e. e.g. "hda" or "sdb")
|
| kernel |
|
Kernel version
|
| laptop_mode |
|
The value of /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode
|
| loadavg |
|
(1,2,3)> System load average, 1 is for past 1 minute, 2 for past 5 minutes and 3 for past 15 minutes.
|
| loadgraph |
("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale) |
Load1 average graph, similar to xload, with optional colours in hex, minus the #. Uses a logarithmic scale (to see small numbers) when you use "log" instead of "normal".
|
| lines |
textfile |
Displays the number of lines in the given file
|
| machine |
|
Machine, i686 for example
|
| mails |
(mailbox) |
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.
|
| new_mails |
(mailbox) |
Unread mail count in the specified mailbox or mail spool if
not. Both mbox and maildir type mailboxes are supported.
|
| seen_mails |
(maildir) |
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.
|
| unseen_mails |
(maildir) |
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.
|
| flagged_mails |
(maildir) |
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.
|
| unflagged_mails |
(maildir) |
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.
|
| forwarded_mails |
(maildir) |
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.
|
| unforwarded_mails |
(maildir) |
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.
|
| replied_mails |
(maildir) |
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.
|
| unreplied_mails |
(maildir) |
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.
|
| draft_mails |
(maildir) |
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.
|
| trashed_mails |
(maildir) |
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.
|
| mboxscan |
(-n number of messages to print) (-fw from width) (-sw subject width) mbox |
Print a summary of recent messages in an mbox format mailbox. mbox parameter is the filename of the mailbox (can be encapsulated using '"', ie. ${mboxscan -n 10 "/home/brenden/some box"}
|
| mem |
|
Amount of memory in use
|
| membar |
(height),(width) |
Bar that shows amount of memory in use
|
| memgraph |
("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale) |
Memory usage graph. Uses a logarithmic scale (to see small numbers) when you use "log" instead of "normal".
|
| memeasyfree |
|
Amount of free memory including the memory that is very easily freed (buffers/cache)
|
| memfree |
|
Amount of free memory
|
| memmax |
|
Total amount of memory
|
| memperc |
|
Percentage of memory in use
|
| mixer |
(device) |
Prints the mixer value as reported by the OS. Default mixer is "vol", but you can specify one of the following optional arguments: "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), <soundcard.h> (on OpenBSD), or <sys/soundcard.h> to find the exact options available on your system.
|
| mixerbar |
(device) |
Displays mixer value in a bar as reported by the OS. See docs for $mixer for details on arguments.
|
| mixerr |
(device) |
Prints the right channel mixer value as reported by the OS. See docs for $mixer for details on arguments.
|
| mixerrbar |
(device) |
Displays the right channel mixer value in a bar as reported by the OS. See docs for $mixer for details on arguments.
|
| mixerl |
(device) |
Prints the left channel mixer value as reported by the OS. See docs for $mixer for details on arguments.
|
| mixerlbar |
(device) |
Displays the left channel mixer value in a bar as reported by the OS. See docs for $mixer for details on arguments.
|
| moc_state |
|
Current state of MOC; playing, stopped etc.
|
| moc_file |
|
File name of the current MOC song
|
| moc_title |
|
Title of the current MOC song
|
| moc_artist |
|
Artist of the current MOC song
|
| moc_song |
|
The current song name being played in MOC.
|
| moc_album |
|
Album of the current MOC song
|
| moc_totaltime |
|
Total length of the current MOC song
|
| moc_timeleft |
|
Time left in the current MOC song
|
| moc_curtime |
|
Current time of the current MOC song
|
| moc_bitrate |
|
Bitrate in the current MOC song
|
| moc_rate |
|
Rate of the current MOC song
|
| monitor |
|
Number of the monitor on which conky is running
|
| monitor_number |
|
Number of monitors
|
| mpd_artist |
|
Artist in current MPD song must be enabled at compile
|
| mpd_album |
|
Album in current MPD song
|
| mpd_bar |
(height),(width) |
Bar of mpd's progress
|
| mpd_bitrate |
|
Bitrate of current song
|
| mpd_status |
|
Playing, stopped, et cetera.
|
| mpd_title |
(max length) |
Title of current MPD song
|
| mpd_vol |
|
MPD's volume
|
| mpd_elapsed |
|
Song's elapsed time
|
| mpd_length |
|
Song's length
|
| mpd_percent |
|
Percent of song's progress
|
| mpd_random |
|
Random status (On/Off)
|
| mpd_repeat |
|
Repeat status (On/Off)
|
| mpd_track |
|
Prints the MPD track field
|
| mpd_name |
|
Prints the MPD name field
|
| mpd_file |
|
Prints the file name of the current MPD song
|
| mpd_smart |
(max length) |
Prints the song name in either the form "artist - title" or file name, depending on whats available
|
| if_mpd_playing |
|
if mpd is playing or paused, display everything between $if_mpd_playing and the matching $endif
|
| nameserver |
(index) |
Print a nameserver from /etc/resolv.conf. Index starts at and defaults to 0.
|
| nodename |
|
Hostname
|
| nvidia |
threshold |
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.
threshold:
the thresholdtemperature at which the gpu slows down
temp:
gives the gpu current temperature
ambient:
gives current air temperature near GPU case
gpufreq:
gives the current gpu frequency
memfreq:
gives the current mem frequency
imagequality:
which imagequality should be choosen by OpenGL applications
|
| outlinecolor |
(color) |
Change outline color
|
| pb_battery |
item |
If running on Apple powerbook/ibook, display
information on battery status. The item parameter
specifies, what information to display. Exactly one item
must be specified. Valid items are:
status:
Display if battery is fully charged, charging,
discharging or absent (running on AC)
percent:
Display charge of battery in percent, if
charging or discharging. Nothing will be
displayed, if battery is fully charged
or absent.
time:
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.
|
| platform |
(dev) type n |
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.
|
| pop3_unseen |
(args) |
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 retries before giving up is 5. If the password is supplied as '*', you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
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| pop3_used |
(args) |
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 retries]". 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.
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| pre_exec |
shell command |
Executes a shell command one time before conky displays anything and puts output as text.
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| processes |
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Total processes (sleeping and running)
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| running_processes |
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Running processes (not sleeping), requires Linux 2.6
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| scroll |
length (step) text |
Scroll 'text' by 'step' characters showing 'length' number of characters at the same time. The text may also contain variables. 'step' is optional and defaults to 1 if not set. If a var creates output on multiple lines then the lines are placed behind 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 ("foobar" and " foobar" can both generate "barfoo" but "foobar " will keep the spaces like this "bar foo").
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| shadecolor |
(color) |
Change shading color
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| smapi |
(ARGS) |
when using smapi, display contents of the /sys/devices/platform/smapi directory. ARGS are either '(FILENAME)' or 'bat (INDEX) (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.
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| smapi_bat_bar |
(INDEX),(height),(width) |
when using smapi, display the remaining capacity of the battery with index INDEX as a bar.
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| smapi_bat_perc |
(INDEX) |
when using smapi, display the remaining capacity in percent of the battery with index INDEX. This is a separate variable because it supports the 'use_spacer' configuration option.
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| smapi_bat_power |
INDEX |
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 (negative) state.
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| smapi_bat_temp |
INDEX |
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 milli degree Celsius.
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| stippled_hr |
(space) |
Stippled (dashed) horizontal line
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| swapbar |
(height),(width) |
Bar that shows amount of swap in use
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| swap |
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Amount of swap in use
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| swapmax |
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Total amount of swap
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| swapperc |
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Percentage of swap in use
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| sysname |
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System name, Linux for example
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| tcp_portmon |
port_begin port_end item (index) |
TCP port monitor for specified local ports. Port numbers must be in the range 1 to 65535. Valid items are:
count - total number of connections in the range
rip - remote ip address
rhost - remote host name
rport - remote port number
rservice - remote service name from /etc/services
lip - local ip address
lhost - local host name
lport - local port number
lservice - 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 index 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:
${tcp_portmon 6881 6999 count} -
displays the number of connections in the bittorrent port range
${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 0} -
displays the remote host ip of the first sshd connection
${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 9} -
displays the remote host ip of the tenth sshd connection
${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rhost 0} -
displays the remote host name of the first connection on a privileged port
${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rport 4} -
displays the remote host port of the fifth connection on a privileged port
${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lservice 14} -
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 single port range for different items and different indexes all use the same monitor internally. In other words, the program avoids creating redundant monitors.
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| texeci |
interval command |
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 updating. 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 interval at least 6 seconds. See also $execi.
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| offset |
(pixels) |
Move text over by N pixels. See also $voffset.
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| rss |
url delay_in_minutes action item_num |
Download and parse RSS feeds. Action may be one of the following: feed_title, item_title (with num par), item_desc (with num par) and item_titles.
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| tab |
(width, (start)) |
Puts a tab of the specified width, starting from column 'start'. The unit is pixels for both arguments.
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| tail |
logfile lines (interval) |
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.
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| templateN |
(arg1) |
Evaluate the content of the templateN configuration variable (where N is a value between 0 and 9, inclusively),
applying substitutions as described in the documentation of the corresponding configuration variable.
The number of arguments is optional, 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.
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| time |
(format) |
Local time, see man strftime to get more information about format
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| utime |
(format) |
Display time in UTC (universal coordinate time).
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| tztime |
(timezone) (format) |
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.
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| totaldown |
net |
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 already done that before conky has started.
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| top |
type, num |
This takes arguments in the form:top (name) (number) Basically, processes are ranked from highest to lowest in terms of cpu usage, 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.
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| top_mem |
type, num |
Same as top, except sorted by mem usage instead of cpu
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| top_time |
type, num |
Same as top, except sorted by total CPU time instead of current CPU usage
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| totalup |
net |
Total upload, this one too, may overflow
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| updates |
Number of updates |
for debugging
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| upspeed |
net |
Upload speed in KiB
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| upspeedf |
net |
Upload speed in KiB with one decimal
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| upspeedgraph |
("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale) (net) |
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" instead of "normal".
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| uptime |
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Uptime
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| uptime_short |
|
Uptime in a shorter format
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| user_number |
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Number of users logged in
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| user_names |
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Lists the names of the users logged in
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| user_terms |
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Lists the consoles in use
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| user_times |
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Lists how long users have been logged in for
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| voffset |
(pixels) |
Change vertical offset by N pixels. Negative values will cause text to overlap. See also $offset.
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| voltage_mv |
(n) |
Returns CPU #n's voltage in mV. CPUs are
counted from 1. If omitted, the parameter
defaults to 1.
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| voltage_v |
(n) |
Returns CPU #n's voltage in V. CPUs are
counted from 1. If omitted, the parameter
defaults to 1.
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| wireless_essid |
net |
Wireless access point ESSID (Linux only)
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| wireless_mode |
net |
Wireless mode (Managed/Ad-Hoc/Master) (Linux only)
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| wireless_bitrate |
net |
Wireless bitrate (ie 11 Mb/s) (Linux only)
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| wireless_ap |
net |
Wireless access point MAC address (Linux only)
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| wireless_link_qual |
net |
Wireless link quality (Linux only)
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| wireless_link_qual_max |
net |
Wireless link quality maximum value (Linux only)
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| wireless_link_qual_perc |
net |
Wireless link quality in percents (Linux only)
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| wireless_link_bar |
(height), (width) net |
Wireless link quality bar (Linux only)
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| words |
textfile |
Displays the number of words in the given file
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| xmms2_artist |
|
Artist in current XMMS2 song
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| xmms2_album |
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Album in current XMMS2 song
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| xmms2_title |
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Title in current XMMS2 song
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| xmms2_genre |
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Genre in current XMMS2 song
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| xmms2_comment |
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Comment in current XMMS2 song
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| xmms2_url |
|
Full path to current song
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| xmms2_tracknr |
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Track number in current XMMS2 song
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| xmms2_bitrate |
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Bitrate of current song
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| xmms2_id |
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XMMS2 id of current song
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| xmms2_duration |
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Duration of current song
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| xmms2_elapsed |
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Song's elapsed time
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| xmms2_size |
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Size of current song
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| xmms2_percent |
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Percent of song's progress
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| xmms2_date |
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Returns song's date.
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| xmms2_playlist |
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Returns the XMMS2 playlist.
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| xmms2_timesplayed |
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Number of times a song was played (presumably).
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| xmms2_status |
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XMMS2 status (Playing, Paused, Stopped, or Disconnected)
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| xmms2_bar |
(height),(width) |
Bar of XMMS2's progress
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| xmms2_smart |
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Prints the song name in either the form "artist - title" or file name, depending on whats available
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| if_xmms2_connected |
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Display everything between $if_xmms2_connected and the matching $endif if xmms2 is running.
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| eve |
api_userid api_key character_id |
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.
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| endif |
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Ends an $if block.
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