polybar(1) — Polybar User Manual 3.4.0 documentation

# polybar(1)

## SYNOPSIS

polybar [OPTIONS]... BAR

## DESCRIPTION

Polybar aims to help users build beautiful and highly customizable status bars for their desktop environment, without the need of having a black belt in shell scripting.

## OPTIONS

`-h````,` `--help```

  Display help text and exit

`-v````,` `--version```

  Display build details and exit

`-l````,` `--log``=LEVEL`
  Set the logging verbosity (default: WARNING)
  LEVEL is one of: error, warning, info, trace

`-q````,` `--quiet```

  Be quiet (will override -l)

`-c````,` `--config``=FILE`

  Specify the path to the configuration file. By default, the configuration file is loaded from:

  $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/polybar/config
  $HOME/.config/polybar/config

`-r````,` `--reload```

  Reload the application when the config file has been modified

`-d````,` `--dump``=PARAM`

  Print the value of the specified parameter PARAM in bar section and exit

`-m````,` `--list-monitors```

  Print list of available monitors and exit

`-w````,` `--print-wmname```

  Print the generated WM_NAME and exit

`-s````,` `--stdout```

  Output the data to stdout instead of drawing it to the X window

`-p````,` `--png``=FILE`

  Save png snapshot to FILE after running for 3 seconds

## AUTHOR

Michael Carlberg <c@rlberg.se>
Contributors can be listed on GitHub.

## REPORTING BUGS

Report issues on GitHub <https://github.com/polybar/polybar>

## SEE ALSO

Full documentation at: <https://github.com/polybar/polybar>
Project wiki: <https://github.com/polybar/polybar/wiki>