conky/doc/command_options.xml

<variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
        <term>
            <command>
                <option>-v | -V | --version</option>
            </command>
        </term>
        <listitem>Prints version and exits 
        <para></para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
        <term>
            <command>
                <option>-q | --quiet</option>
            </command>
        </term>
        <listitem>Run Conky in 'quiet mode' (ie. no output) 
        <para></para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
        <term>
            <command>
                <option>-D | --debug</option>
            </command>
        </term>
        <listitem>Increase debugging output, ie. -DD for more
        debugging 
        <para></para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
        <term>
            <command>
                <option>-a | --alignment=</option>
            </command>
            <option>ALIGNMENT</option>
        </term>
        <listitem>Text alignment on screen,
        {top,bottom,middle}_{left,right,middle} or none. Can also
        be abbreviated with first chars of position, ie. tr for
        top_right. 
        <para></para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
        <term>
            <command>
                <option>-b | --double-buffer</option>
            </command>
        </term>
        <listitem>Use double buffering (eliminates "flicker") 
        <para></para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
        <term>
            <command>
                <option>-c | --config=</option>
            </command>
            <option>FILE</option>
        </term>
        <listitem>Config file to load instead of $HOME/.config/conky/conky.conf 
        <para></para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
        <term>
            <command>
                <option>-C | --print-config</option>
            </command>
        </term>
        <listitem>Print builtin default config to stdout. See also
        the section EXAMPLES for more information. 
        <para></para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
        <term>
            <command>
                <option>-d | --daemonize</option>
            </command>
        </term>
        <listitem>Daemonize Conky, aka fork to background 
        <para></para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
        <term>
            <command>
                <option>-f | --font=</option>
            </command>
            <option>FONT</option>
        </term>
        <listitem>Font to use 
        <para></para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
        <term>
            <command>
                <option>-h | --help</option>
            </command>
        </term>
        <listitem>Prints command line help and exits 
        <para></para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
        <term>
            <command>
                <option>-o | --own-window</option>
            </command>
        </term>
        <listitem>Create own window to draw 
        <para></para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
        <term>
            <command>
                <option>-s | --for-scripts</option>
            </command>
            <option>TEXT</option>
        </term>
        <listitem>Prints TEXT on the standard output and exits.
        (This option makes conky useful in scripts)
        TEXT has to be enclosed by single quotes. Example:
        conky -s 'Your uptime is: $uptime'
        <para></para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
        <term>
            <command>
                <option>-S | --stdin-config</option>
            </command>
        </term>
        <listitem>Read configuration from stdin.
        <para></para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
        <term>
            <command>
                <option>-t | --text=</option>
            </command>
            <option>TEXT</option>
        </term>
        <listitem>Text to render, remember single quotes, like -t '
        $uptime ' 
        <para></para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
        <term>
            <command>
                <option>-p | --pause=</option>
            </command>
            <option>SECONDS</option>
        </term>
        <listitem>Time to pause before actually starting Conky
        <para></para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
        <term>
            <command>
                <option>-u | --interval=</option>
            </command>
            <option>SECONDS</option>
        </term>
        <listitem>Update interval 
        <para></para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
        <term>
            <command>
                <option>-w | --window-id=</option>
            </command>
            <option>WIN_ID</option>
        </term>
        <listitem>Window id to draw 
        <para></para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
        <term>
            <command>
                <option>-X | --display=</option>
            </command>
            <option>DISPLAY</option>
        </term>
        <listitem>X11 display to use 
        <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>
    <varlistentry>
        <term>
            <command>
                <option>-i</option>
            </command>
            <option>COUNT</option>
        </term>
        <listitem>Number of times to update Conky (and quit) 
        <para></para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
</variablelist>