SLSTATUS(1)

✨ NAME ✨

slstatus — suckless status 💖 (yes bestie, that's the whole name, it's giving minimalist icon behaviour)

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

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# 🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so `slstatus` is this tiny lil tool that feeds your system status info to *other* programs — either through the EWMH `WM_NAME` property of the root window (which is exactly what `dwm(1)` slurps up 👑) or through plain old standard input/output. and the whole personality of this thing? it is designed to be as efficient as possible, only issuing the **minimum** of system calls required. no cap, it's frugal with syscalls like it's saving up for something 💅

by default, `slstatus` outputs to `WM_NAME`. that's the vibe. that's where it lives.

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# 💜 OPTIONS 💜

- **`-v`** — prints version information to stderr, then dips out (exits). short king behaviour, in and out 🫶
- **`-s`** — writes to stdout instead of `WM_NAME`. if you wanna read it yourself instead of letting the window manager gatekeep it ✨
- **`-1`** — writes **once** to stdout and quits. one and done, no looping, we love a one-shot queen 🎀

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# 🧚 CUSTOMIZATION 🧚

you can customize `slstatus` by creating a custom `config.h` and **(re)compiling** the source code. that's it, that's the customization story — and honestly? it keeps it fast, secure and simple. recompiling your own config is *the* suckless love language 🔥

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# 🌈 SIGNALS 🌈

`slstatus` responds to the following signals:

- **`USR1`** — triggers an instant redraw. like a little "bestie, refresh yourself" poke 💅

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# 👑 AUTHORS 👑

See the `LICENSE` file for the authors. (yes, all of them, they're in there, go look 🥰)

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# 🍓 SEE ALSO 🍓

- `dwm(1)` — the whole reason the default output target exists, iykyk 🦋

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<pink>and that's the tea, bestie ✨ this page came from the Debian crew, dated **2023-04-23**, and it's the `SLSTATUS(1)` page under General Commands Manual 💖 go forth and status your system, periodt 💅</pink>