---
name: "start-procmeter"
section: "1x"
platform: "linux"
package: "procmeter"
version: "2.5.1-3"
release: "Debian 2.2 (Potato)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/start-procmeter"
---

# start-procmeter(1x)

start procmeter and a number of programs to feed data to it

## NAME

start-procmeter - start procmeter and a number of programs to feed data to it

## SYNOPSIS

**start-procmeter** *\[program \[args...\]\] \[program \[args\]\] ... \[-- procmeter-args\]*

## DESCRIPTION

**start-procmeter** cleanly starts procmeter, as well as any number of programs that feed data into it to generate user-defined statistics. It also handles cleanly stopping the feeder programs when procmeter exits. It is possible to start feeder  programs manually, but complicated. This script simplifies things a lot.

## OPTIONS

- **program \[args\]**

  The feeder program to start up, along with any arguments. **start-procmeter** looks for the program in the current directory, in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/procmeter/, and on the PATH, in that order.

- **procmeter-args**

  Arguments to pass directly to procmeter.

## SEE ALSO

**procmeterc**(1)

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Joey Hess, for the Debian GNU/Linux system.