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NAME

6       polybar - A fast and easy-to-use tool status bar
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SYNOPSIS

9       polybar [OPTIONS]... BAR
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DESCRIPTION

12       Polybar aims to help users build beautiful and highly customizable sta‐
13       tus bars for their desktop environment, without the need  of  having  a
14       black belt in shell scripting.
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OPTIONS

17       -h, --help
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23       -l, --log=LEVEL
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31       -c, --config=FILE
32              Specify the path to the configuration file. By default, the con‐
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42       -d, --dump=PARAM
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46       -m, --list-monitors
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AUTHOR

59       Michael Carlberg <c@rlberg.se>
60       Contributors can be listed on GitHub.
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REPORTING BUGS

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

72       2016-2020, Michael Carlberg & contributors
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77                                 Jan 30, 2020                       POLYBAR(1)