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This command is used to run the Conky system monitor and configure its settings. Here is a breakdown of each part of the command:
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conky: This is the actual command that launches the Conky system monitor. Conky is a lightweight system monitor for Linux systems that displays various system information such as CPU usage, memory usage, network statistics, etc. -
-C: This flag is used to tell Conky to use the default configuration file,conkyrc. -
>: This is a redirection operator in the shell, which is used to redirect the output of a command to a file instead of displaying it on the terminal. -
~/.conkyrc: This is the file where the redirected output of theconky -Ccommand will be saved. The~symbol represents the user's home directory, so~/.conkyrcrefers to the.conkyrcfile located in the user's home directory.
In summary, the conky -C command runs Conky using the default configuration file, and the > operator redirects the output to the .conkyrc file in the user's home directory. This allows you to save the default Conky configuration settings to a file for further customization or backup purposes.