OSDSH(1)

📦 version 0.7.0, in debian bookworm, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ OSDSH ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the osdsh manual page 💖 it's a General Commands Manual situation, section 1, and honestly? it's giving "tiny utility, big main character energy" 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

osdsh — overlays your screen with various system informations 👑

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

osdsh [options]

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so like. osdsh is a a little program that overlays system information using the XOSD library. (yes, the original really does say "a a", we do not gatekeep typos here, we respect the lore 🙈)

osdsh was originally based on osdd but got some features added, like:

  • It is able to display a clock. ⏰
  • Shows the volume levels of the soundcard whenever they change. 🔊
  • Tells you if you are on- or off-line, and the time you were connected. 🌐
  • Shows the battery status and 🔋
  • shows any message you want it to. 💌

ngl the whole vibe is: osdsh forks to the background when started, so you should start it in the user's session scripts (like ~/.xsession) ✨ set it and forget it, fr fr.

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -h — Show summary of options. your little help menu moment 🫶
  • -m mixer — Set mixer device. (Default: /dev/mixer)
  • -f font — Set font (Default: -*-lucidatypewriter-bold-*-*-*-*-240-*-*-*-*-*-*) — yes that whole long string, copy it exactly, do not fight it 😭
  • -c color — Set color (Default: green) 💚
  • -d int — Set OSD delay (Default: 5)
  • -o int — Set shadow offset (Default: 1) 🪞
  • -p <0|1> — Position of the osd: 0 for top, 1 for bottom. (Default: 1 (bottom)) — bottom girlie by default, iconic 👑
  • -a <0|1|2> — align of the osd: left, center or right ⬅️ ↔️ ➡️
  • -n number — set the nice number so osdsh won't eat your cpu 🔥

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

osdctl(1), osdshconfig(1) — go say hi to the siblings, they're all part of the same friend group 💜

⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

This manual page was written by Joachim Breitner <nomeata@debian.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others). tysm Joachim, absolute legend 🫡

and that's the whole page bestie, no cap 💖 this was OSDSH(1) from the General Commands Manual, dated August 31, 2003 — yeah she's an elder but she ate and left no crumbs 🎀✨ bye pookie 🦋

📦 where this page comes from