conky Command Examples

Light-weight system monitor for X. More information: https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky.

• Launch with default, built-in config:

conky

• Create a new default config:

conky {{[-C|--print-config]}} > ~/.conkyrc

• Launch Conky with a given configuration file:

conky {{[-c|--config]}} {{path/to/config}}

• Start in the background (daemonize):

conky {{[-d|--daemonize]}}

• Align Conky on the desktop:

conky {{[-a|--alignment]}} {{top|bottom|middle}}_{{left|right|middle}}

• Pause for 5 seconds at startup before launching:

conky {{[-p|--pause]}} {{5}}