conky/doc/command_options.xml

<variablelist>
  <varlistentry>
    <term><command><option>-V</option></command></term>
    <listitem>
    Prints version and exits
    <para></para></listitem>
  </varlistentry>

  <varlistentry>
    <term><command><option>-a </option></command><option>ALIGNMENT</option></term>
    <listitem>
      Text alignment on screen, {top,bottom}_{left,right} or none
    <para></para></listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  
  <varlistentry>
    <term><command><option>-b</option></command></term>
    <listitem>
      Use double buffering (eliminates flicker)
    <para></para></listitem>
  </varlistentry>
        
  <varlistentry>
    <term><command><option>-c </option></command><option>FILE</option></term> 
    <listitem>
      Config file to load instead of $HOME/.conkyrc
    <para></para></listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  
  <varlistentry>
    <term><command><option>-d</option></command></term>
    <listitem>
      Daemonize, fork to background
    <para></para></listitem>
  </varlistentry>

  <varlistentry>
    <term><command><option>-f </option></command><option>FONT</option></term> 
    <listitem>
      Font to use
    <para></para></listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  
  <varlistentry>
    <term><command><option>-h</option></command></term>
    <listitem>
      Prints command line help and exits
    <para></para></listitem>
  </varlistentry>
        
  <varlistentry>
    <term><command><option>-o</option></command></term>
    <listitem>
      Create own window to draw
    <para></para></listitem>
  </varlistentry>

  <varlistentry>
    <term><command><option>-t </option></command><option>TEXT</option></term> 
    <listitem>
      Text to render, remember single quotes, like -t &apos; $uptime &apos;
    <para></para></listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  
  <varlistentry>
    <term><command><option>-u </option></command><option>SECONDS</option></term> 
    <listitem>
      Update interval
    <para></para></listitem>
  </varlistentry>

  <varlistentry>
    <term><command><option>-w </option></command><option>WIN_ID</option></term> 
    <listitem>
      Window id to draw
    <para></para></listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  
  <varlistentry>
    <term><command><option>-x </option></command><option>X_COORDINATE</option></term> 
    <listitem>
      X position
    <para></para></listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  
  <varlistentry>
    <term><command><option>-y </option></command><option>Y_COORDINATE</option></term> 
    <listitem>
      Y position
    <para></para></listitem>
  </varlistentry>                                 

</variablelist>