slstatus

status monitor
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      1 .Dd 2023-04-23
      2 .Dt SLSTATUS 1
      3 .Os
      4 .Sh NAME
      5 .Nm slstatus
      6 .Nd suckless status
      7 .Sh SYNOPSIS
      8 .Nm
      9 .Op Fl s
     10 .Op Fl 1
     11 .Sh DESCRIPTION
     12 .Nm
     13 is a small tool for providing system status information to other programs
     14 over the EWMH
     15 .Em WM_NAME
     16 property of the root window (used by
     17 .Xr dwm 1 ) or standard input/output. It is designed to be as efficient as possible by
     18 only issuing the minimum of system calls required.
     19 .P
     20 By default,
     21 .Nm
     22 outputs to WM_NAME.
     23 .Sh OPTIONS
     24 .Bl -tag -width Ds
     25 .It Fl v
     26 Print version information to stderr, then exit.
     27 .It Fl s
     28 Write to stdout instead of WM_NAME.
     29 .It Fl 1
     30 Write once to stdout and quit.
     31 .El
     32 .Sh CUSTOMIZATION
     33 .Nm
     34 can be customized by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source
     35 code. This keeps it fast, secure and simple.
     36 .Sh SIGNALS
     37 .Nm
     38 responds to the following signals:
     39 .Pp
     40 .Bl -tag -width TERM -compact
     41 .It USR1
     42 Triggers an instant redraw.
     43 .El
     44 .Sh AUTHORS
     45 See the LICENSE file for the authors.
     46 .Sh SEE ALSO
     47 .Xr dwm 1