+<h2 id="_external_scripts_programs_with_i3status">8. External scripts/programs with i3status</h2>\r
+<div class="sectionbody">\r
+<div class="paragraph"><p>In i3status, we don’t want to implement process management again. Therefore,\r
+there is no module to run arbitrary scripts or commands. Instead, you should\r
+use your shell, for example like this:</p></div>\r
+<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example for prepending the i3status output</strong>:</p></div>\r
+<div class="listingblock">\r
+<div class="content">\r
+<pre><tt>i3status | while :\r
+do\r
+ read line\r
+ echo "mystuff | $line"\r
+done | i3bar -d</tt></pre>\r
+</div></div>\r
+</div>\r
+</div>\r
+<div class="sect1">\r
+<h2 id="_see_also">9. SEE ALSO</h2>\r