disk "/" {
format = "%free"
}
+
+read_file uptime {
+ path = "/proc/uptime"
+}
+
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=== General
}
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+=== File Contents
+
+Outputs the contents of the specified file. You can use this to check contents
+of files on your system, for example /proc/uptime. By default the function only
+reads the first 254 characters of the file, if you want to override this set
+the Max_characters option. It will never read beyond the first 4095 characters.
+If the file is not found "no file" will be printed, if the file can't be read
+"error read" will be printed.
+
+*Example order*: read_file UPTIME
+
+*Example format*: "%title: %content"
+
+*Example format_bad*: "%title - %errno: %error"
+
+*Example path*: "/proc/uptime"
+
+*Example Max_characters*: 255
+
== Universal module options
When using the i3bar output format, there are a few additional options that