betterlockscreen Command Examples

Simple, minimal lock screen. More information: https://github.com/betterlockscreen/betterlockscreen.

• Lock the screen:

betterlockscreen --lock

• Change the lock screen background:

betterlockscreen -u {{path/to/image.png}}

• Lock the screen, showing some custom text:

betterlockscreen -l pixel -t "{{custom lock screen text}}"

• Lock the screen, with a custom monitor off timeout in seconds:

betterlockscreen --off {{5}} -l