conky/doc/command_options.xml

<variablelist>
    <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. Only
        available with build flag BUILD_X11 enabled.
        <para></para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
        <term>
            <command>
                <option>-b | --double-buffer</option>
            </command>
        </term>
        <listitem>Use double buffering (eliminates "flicker"). Only available
        with build flag BUILD_X11 enabled.
        <para></para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
        <term>
            <command>
                <option>-c | --config=</option>
            </command>
            <option>FILE</option>
        </term>
        <listitem>Config file to load instead of
        ~/.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. Only available with build flag
        BUILD_BUILTIN_CONFIG enabled.
        <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>-D | --debug</option>
            </command>
        </term>
        <listitem>Increase debugging output, ie. -DD for more debugging.
        <para></para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
        <term>
            <command>
                <option>-f | --font=</option>
            </command>
            <option>FONT</option>
        </term>
        <listitem>Font to use. Only available with build flag BUILD_X11
        enabled.
        <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>-i</option>
            </command>
            <option>COUNT</option>
        </term>
        <listitem>Number of times to update Conky (and quit).
        <para></para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
        <term>
            <command>
                <option>-o | --own-window</option>
            </command>
        </term>
        <listitem>Create own window to draw. Only available with build flag
        BUILD_X11 enabled.
        <para></para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
        <term>
            <command>
                <option>-p | --pause=</option>
            </command>
            <option>SECONDS</option>
        </term>
        <listitem>Time to pause/wait before actually starting Conky.
        <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>-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>-u | --interval=</option>
            </command>
            <option>SECONDS</option>
        </term>
        <listitem>Update interval.
        <para></para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
        <term>
            <command>
                <option>-v | -V | --version</option>
            </command>
        </term>
        <listitem>Prints version, build information and general info. Exits
        after printing.
        <para></para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
        <term>
            <command>
                <option>-w | --window-id=</option>
            </command>
            <option>WIN_ID</option>
        </term>
        <listitem>Window id to draw. Only available with build flag BUILD_X11
        enabled.
        <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>-x</option>
            </command>
            <option>X_COORDINATE</option>
        </term>
        <listitem>X position.
        <para></para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
        <term>
            <command>
                <option>-X | --display=</option>
            </command>
            <option>DISPLAY</option>
        </term>
        <listitem>X11 display to use. Only available with build flag BUILD_X11
        enabled.
        <para></para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
        <term>
            <command>
                <option>-y</option>
            </command>
            <option>Y_COORDINATE</option>
        </term>
        <listitem>Y position.
        <para></para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
</variablelist>