xscreensaver-text(6) XScreenSaver manual xscreensaver-text(6) NAME xscreensaver-text - prints some text to stdout, for use by screen savers. SYNOPSIS xscreensaver-text [--verbose] [--columns N] [--lines N] [--latin1] [--date] [--text STRING] [--file PATH] [--program CMD] [--url URL] DESCRIPTION The xscreensaver-text script prints out some text for use by various screensavers, according to the options set in the ~/.xscreensaver file. This may dump the contents of a file, run a program, or load a URL. The text is reformatted and wrapped as appropriate. OPTIONS xscreensaver-text accepts the following options: --verbose or --v Print diagnostics to stderr. Multiple -v switches increase the amount of output. --columns N or --cols N Where to wrap lines; default 72 columns. --lines N Truncate output to at most this many lines. Default: unlimited. --latin1 Convert any UTF-8 characters in the input to their closest Latin1 equivalent for output. Command line options may be used to override the settings in the ~/.xscreensaver file: --date Print the host name and current time. --text STRING Print out the given text. It may contain % escape sequences as per strftime(2). --file PATH Print the contents of the given file, re-formatting it as per the other options. --program CMD Run the given program and print its output, re-formatting it as per the other options. --url URL Download and print the contents of the web page. If it contains HTML, RSS, or Atom, it will be converted to plain-text. This re- downloads the document every time it is run. ENVIRONMENT HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY, http_proxy, or https_proxy to get the default proxy host and port. BUGS URLs should be cached, use "If-Modified-Since", and obey "Expires". SEE ALSO xscreensaver-settings(1), xscreensaver(1), fortune(1), phosphor(6), ap- ple2(6), starwars(6), fontglide(6), dadadodo(1), webcollage(6), COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2005-2021 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy, mod- ify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any pur- pose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright no- tice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this per- mission notice appear in supporting documentation. No representations are made about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is pro- vided "as is" without express or implied warranty. AUTHOR Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 20-Mar-2005. X Version 11 6.15 (30-Mar-2026) xscreensaver-text(6)
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