File dzen2-dbar.1 of Package dzen2

.TH "DBAR" 1 "Jan 01 2008"
.SH NAME
dzen2-dbar \- simple gadget that you can use in combination with dzen to display a progressbar.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.HP 7
\fBdzen2-dbar\fR [\-w \fIcharacters\fR] [\-s \fIsymbol\fR] [\-min \fIminvalue\fR] [\-max \fImaxvalue\fR] [\-l \fIstring\fR] [\-nonl]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B dbar
is an application that generates semi graphical progress meters, from some values you supply to it.
.PP
See the usage examples for a description of the expected input format.
.SH OPTIONS
A summary of options is included below.
.TP
.B \-max
Value to be considered 100% (default: 100)
.TP
.B \-min
Value to be considered 0% (default: 0)
.TP
.B \-w
Number of charcaters to be considered 100% in the bar  (default: 25 )
.TP
.B \-s
Symbol represeting the percentage value in the bar (default: =  )
.TP
.B \-l
label to be prepended to the bar (default: '' )
.TP
.B \-nonl
no new line, don't put '\n' at the end of the bar    (default: do print '\n')
.SH USAGE EXAMPLES
.TP
.B Static 0% and 100% mark or single value input:
.ip
Command: echo 25 | dbar -m 100 -l Sometext
.br
Output: Sometext  25% [======                   ]
.TP
.B If your 100% mark changes dynamically or 2-values input:
.ip
Command: echo "50 150" | dbar
.br
Output: 33% [========                 ]
.TP
.B If your value range is not between [0, maxval] or 3-values input:
.ip
Command: echo "50 -25 150" | dbar
.br
Output: 43% [===========              ]
.PP
Dbar was written by Robert Manea.
.PP
This manual page was written by bertagaz <bertagaz@ptitcanardnoir.org>,
for the Debian project (but may be used by others).