1xscreensaver-text(6x)         XScreenSaver manual        xscreensaver-text(6x)
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NAME

6       xscreensaver-text  -  prints  some  text  to  stdout, for use by screen
7       savers.
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SYNOPSIS

10       xscreensaver-text [--verbose]  [--columns  N]  [--lines  N]  [--latin1]
11       [--date] [--text STRING] [--file PATH] [--program CMD] [--url URL]
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DESCRIPTION

14       The  xscreensaver-text  script  prints out some text for use by various
15       screensavers, according to the options set in the ~/.xscreensaver file.
16       This  may  dump  the  contents of a file, run a program, or load a URL.
17       The text is reformatted and wrapped as appropriate.
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OPTIONS

20       xscreensaver-text accepts the following options:
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22       --verbose or -v
23               Print diagnostics to stderr.  Multiple -v switches increase the
24               amount of output.
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26       --columns N or --cols N
27               Where to wrap lines; default 72 columns.
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29       --lines N
30               Truncate  output  to  at most this many lines.  Default: unlim‐
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34               Convert any UTF-8 characters in  the  input  to  their  closest
35               Latin1 equivalent for output.
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37       Command  line  options  may  be  used  to  override the settings in the
38       ~/.xscreensaver file:
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40       --date  Print the host name and current time.
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42       --text STRING
43               Print out the given text.  It may contain % escape sequences as
44               per strftime(2).
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46       --file PATH
47               Print  the  contents of the given file, re-formatting it as per
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50       --program CMD
51               Run the given program and print its output, re-formatting it as
52               per the other options.
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54       --url URL
55               Download  and  print  the contents of the web page.  If it con‐
56               tains HTML, RSS, or Atom, it will be converted  to  plain-text.
57               This re-downloads the document every time it is run.
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ENVIRONMENT

61       HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY, http_proxy, or https_proxy
62           to get the default proxy host and port.
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BUGS

65       URLs should be cached, use "If-Modified-Since", and obey "Expires".
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SEE ALSO

68       xscreensaver-settings(1),  xscreensaver(1),  fortune(1),  phosphor(6x),
69       apple2(6x), starwars(6x), fontglide(6x), dadadodo(1), webcollage(6x),
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72       Copyright © 2005-2021 by Jamie Zawinski.  Permission to use, copy, mod‐
73       ify,  distribute,  and sell this software and its documentation for any
74       purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that  the  above  copy‐
75       right  notice  appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice
76       and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation.  No rep‐
77       resentations  are  made  about the suitability of this software for any
78       purpose.  It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
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AUTHOR

81       Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 20-Mar-2005.
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