The i3blocks(1) command generates a status line for i3bar(1). It schedules command lines described in a simple configuration file at specified time intervals, upon signal reception or on clicks.
- -h
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Show the help message and exit.
- -c CONFIGFILE
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Specifies an alternate configuration file path.
- -v
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Increase log level. This option is a cumulative. By default only fatal errors are shown in the status bar. Passing this option once will show error messages as well. Using -vv and more will show more debug output on standard error.
i3blocks must be defined as the status line command of the bar block described in your i3(1) configuration file:
bar {
status_command i3blocks
}By default, i3blocks looks for a configuration file in the following order (note that /etc may be prefixed with /usr/local depending on the compilation flags):
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$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/i3blocks/config (or ~/.config/i3blocks/config)
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~/.i3blocks.conf
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$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/i3blocks/config (or /etc/xdg/i3blocks/config)
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/etc/i3blocks.conf
For the content of the configuration file, please refer to the i3blocks website: https://vivien.github.io/i3blocks
Project web site: https://vivien.github.io/i3blocks
Git source repository and issue tracker: https://github.com/vivien/i3blocks
Official collection of scripts for i3blocks: https://github.com/vivien/i3blocks-contrib
i3bar protocol: http://i3wm.org/docs/i3bar-protocol.html