---
name: "dzen2-gdbar"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "dzen2"
version: "0.9.5+git20130923.488ab66-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dzen2-gdbar"
---

# dzen2-gdbar(1)

generates fully graphical progress meters

## NAME

dzen2-gdbar - generates fully graphical progress meters

## SYNOPSIS

**dzen2-gdbar** \[-w *characters*\] \[-s *symbol*\] \[-fg *color*\] \[-bg *color*\] \[-min *minvalue*\] \[-max *maxvalue*\] \[-l *string*\] \[-nonl\] \[-o\]

## DESCRIPTION

**gdbar** application that generates fully graphical progress meters, from some values you supply to it.

It has the same input semantics as dbar (see  **dbar (1)** . In contrast to dbar, gdbar draws fully graphical meters which are only useful in combination with dzen.

See the usage examples for a description of the expected input format.

## OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below.

- **-max**

  Value to be considered 100% (default: 100)

- **-min**

  Value to be considered 0% (default: 0)

- **-fg**

  Foreground color. (default white)

- **-bg**

  Bacground color (default darkgrey)

- **-w**

  Size in pixels to be considered 100% in the bar  (default: 80 )

- **-h**

  Bar height.

- **-l**

  label to be prepended to the bar (default: '' )

- **-o**

  Draw conky style meters.

- **-nonl**

  no new line, don't put '0 at the end of the bar (default: do print '0)

## AUTHOR

**Dbar** was written by Robert Manea.

This manual page was written by bertagaz \<bertagaz@ptitcanardnoir.org\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

## SEE ALSO

[**dzen2**(1)](/dzen2/1.md), [**dzen2-dbar**(1)](/dzen2-dbar/1.md), [**dzen2-gcpubar**(1)](/dzen2-gcpubar/1.md), and [**dzen2-textwidth**(1)](/dzen2-textwidth/1.md).