fetch

This is the home of my fetch script! This script gathers info
about your system and prints it to the terminal next to an image, <br > your distro's logo or any ascii art of your choice!

Table of Contents

• Screenshots
• Features
• Dependencies
• Installation
• Post Install
• Usage
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Issues and Workarounds
• Thanks

Screenshots

Features

• Supports Linux, Mac OS X, BSD and Windows (Cygwin)
• Display a full color image, a file containing ascii art or your distro's logo in ascii next to the info.
• The script is fast. We use bash builtins wherever possible and only spawn external processes when necessary.
• Take a screenshot of your desktop on script finish.
• Customize which info is displayed, where it's displayed and when it's displayed.
  • See this wiki page

Dependencies

Required dependencies:

• Bash 4.0+
• procps-ng
  • Not required on OS X

Optional dependencies:

• Displaying images: w3m-img [1] or iTerm2 [2]
• Thumbnail creation: imagemagick

Linux / BSD

• Window Manager: wmctrl [3]
• Wallpaper: feh, nitrogen or gsettings
• Current Song: mpc or cmus
• Resolution: xorg-xdpyinfo
• Screenshot: scrot [4]

1

2

changing the config option $image_backend to iterm2.

3

detection works for most people and is generally faster which is why wmctrl isn't default.

4

program's cmd and fetch will use it instead of scrot.

Installation

Arch

1. Install fetch-git from the aur.

Gentoo / Funtoo

1. Add the 3rd party repo
   • layman -o https://gist.githubusercontent.com/z1lt0id/24d45b15800b98975260/raw/2fdf6645cdc3c1ca0b0af83a7bf8f86598e386ae/fs0ciety.xml -f -a fs0ciety
2. Sync the repos
   • layman -S
3. To enable w3m and scrot support, enable the appropriate flags.
   • echo "x11-apps/fetch" >> /etc/portage/package.use
4. Install the package
   • emerge -a x11-apps/fetch

Others

1. Download the latest source at https://github.com/dylanaraps/fetch
2. Run make install inside the script directory to install the script.

NOTE: Fetch can be uninstalled easily using make uninstall.

NOTE: Fetch can also be run from any directory like a normal script,<br > you'll just be missing the ascii distro logos and automatic config file creation.

Post Install

Using the config file

Fetch will by default create a config file at $HOME/.config/fetch/config and this file<br > contains all of the script's options/settings. The config file allows you to keep your<br > customizations between script versions and allows you to easily share your customizations<br > with other people.

You can launch the script without a config file by using the flag --config none and you can<br > specify a custom config location using --config path/to/config.

Sizing the image correctly

NOTE: For the images to be sized correctly you need to set the $font_width variable.<br > If you don't know your font width in pixels keep trying values until the image is half the<br > terminal width.

Once font_width is set the image will by default take up half the terminal width. You can<br > use the launch flag --size px or change the config option $image_size to set it to a custom<br > size in pixels.

You can also use the launch flag --font_width to set it on the fly.

Setting the prompt height

If your shell prompt's height is greater than 1 line high, you'll need to change a config<br > option to avoid issues with the top lines in the script output getting cut off. Set the variable<br > $prompt_height to your shell prompt's height in lines or use the launch flag --prompt_height.

Customizing what info gets displayed

In the config file there's a function that allows you to customize all of the info that<br > gets displayed.

Here's what you can do:

• Add new info lines
• Change the ordering of the info
• Remove unwanted info lines
• Use bash syntax to control when info gets displayed

See this wiki page that goes more in-depth about it:

https://github.com/dylanaraps/fetch/wiki/Customizing-Info

Customizing the script using a custom alias

If you don't want to use the config file you can customize almost everything using launch flags!

Here's what my fetch alias looks like:

alias fetch2="fetch \
--block_range 1 8 \
--line_wrap off \
--bold off \
--uptime_shorthand on \
--gtk_shorthand on \
--colors 4 1 8 8 8 7 \
"

Usage

usage: fetch --option "value" --option "value"

Info:
--disable infoname          Allows you to disable an info line from appearing
                            in the output.
                            NOTE: You can supply multiple args. eg.
                            'fetch --disable cpu gpu disk shell'
--osx_buildversion on/off   Hide/Show Mac OS X build version.
--os_arch on/off            Hide/Show Windows architecture.
--speed_type type           Change the type of cpu speed to display.
                            Possible values: current, min, max, bios,
                            scaling_current, scaling_min, scaling_max
                            NOTE: This only support Linux with cpufreq.
--kernel_shorthand on/off   Shorten the output of kernel
--uptime_shorthand on/off   Shorten the output of uptime (tiny, on, off)
--gpu_shorthand on/off      Shorten the output of GPU
--gtk_shorthand on/off      Shorten output of gtk theme/icons
--gtk2 on/off               Enable/Disable gtk2 theme/icons output
--gtk3 on/off               Enable/Disable gtk3 theme/icons output
--shell_path on/off         Enable/Disable showing \$SHELL path
--shell_version on/off      Enable/Disable showing \$SHELL version
--battery_num num           Which battery to display, default value is 'all'
--battery_shorthand on/off  Whether or not each battery gets its own line/title
--birthday_shorthand on/off Shorten the output of birthday
--birthday_time on/ff       Enable/Disable showing the time in birthday output

Text Colors:
--title_color num           Change the color of the title
--at_color num              Change the color of "@" in title
--subtitle_color num        Change the color of the subtitle
--colon_color num           Change the color of the colons
--underline_color num       Change the color of the underlines
--info_color num            Change the color of the info

Text Formatting:
--underline_char char       Character to use when underlineing title
--line_wrap on/off          Enable/Disable line wrapping
--bold on/off               Enable/Disable bold text
--prompt_height num         Set this to your prompt height to fix issues with
                            the text going off screen at the top


Color Blocks:
--color_blocks on/off       Enable/Disable the color blocks
--block_width num           Width of color blocks
--block_range start end     Range of colors to print as blocks


Image:
--image type                Image source. Where and what image we display.
                            Possible values: wall, shuffle, ascii,
                            /path/to/img, off
--size px                   Size in pixels to make the image.
--image_backend w3m/iterm2  Which program to use to draw images.
--shuffle_dir path/to/dir   Which directory to shuffle for an image.
--font_width px             Used to automatically size the image
--image_position left/right Where to display the image: (Left/Right)
--split_size num            Width of img/text splits, A value of 2 makes each
                            split half the terminal width and etc.
--crop_mode mode            Which crop mode to use
                            Takes the values: normal, fit, fill
--crop_offset value         Change the crop offset for normal mode.
                            Possible values: northwest, north, northeast,
                            west, center, east, southwest, south, southeast

--xoffset px                How close the image will be to the left edge of the
                            window. This only works with w3m.
--yoffset px                How close the image will be to the top edge of the
                            window. This only works with w3m.
--gap num                   Gap between image and text.
                            NOTE: --gap can take a negative value which will
                            move the text closer to the left side.
--clean                     Remove all cropped images


Ascii:
--ascii value               Where to get the ascii from, Possible values:
                            distro, /path/to/ascii
--ascii_color num           Color to print the ascii art
--ascii_distro distro       Which Distro\'s ascii art to print


Screenshot:
--scrot /path/to/img        Take a screenshot, if path is left empty the screen-
                            shot function will use \$scrot_dir and \$scrot_name.
--scrot_cmd cmd             Screenshot program to launch

Other:
--config /path/to/config    Specify a path to a custom config file
--config none               Launch the script without a config file
--help                      Print this text and exit

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I enable screenfetch mode?

Launching the script with --ascii distro or setting ascii="distro" and image="ascii" <br > inside the config file will launch the script in "screenfetch mode". The script will<br > display your distro's ascii next to the info, exactly like screenfetch.

NOTE: If you don't have w3m-img or imagemagick installed screenfetch mode will be<br > used automatically

Why doesn't fetch support my wallpaper setter?

It's hard to add support for other wallpaper setters as they don't provide a way of <br > getting the current wallpaper from the cli.

If your wallpaper setter does provide a way of getting the current wallpaper or you<br > know where it's stored then adding support won't be a problem!<br >

Issues and Workarounds

The text is too long for my terminal window and wraps to the next line

There are a few ways to fix this.

• Disable line wrapping with line_wrap=off in the script or with the launch flag --line_wrap off
• The uptime and gtk info lines each have a shorthand option that makes their output smaller. You can <br > enable them by changing these variables or using these flags.

# Config options
uptime_shorthand="on"
gtk_shorthand="on"
gpu_shorthand="on"
birthday_shorthand="on"

# Launch flags
--uptime_shorthand on
--gtk_shorthand on
--gpu_shorthand on
--birthday_shorthand on

• Edit the config to make the subtitles shorter
• Resizing the terminal so that the lines don't wrap.

The text is pushed over too far to the right

The easiest way to fix this is to change the value of --gap or $gap<br > to a negative value. For example --gap -10 will move the text 10 spaces to the left.

getgpu doesn't show my exact video card name

If your lspci | grep "VGA" output looks like this:

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 1401 (rev a1)

Instead of this:

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM206 [GeForce GTX 960] (rev a1)

Then you're affected by the issue.

This is caused by your /usr/share/misc/pci.ids\* files being outdated and you can fix it<br > by running this command as root.

sudo update-pciids

Thanks

Thanks to:

• metakirby5: Providing great feedback as well as ideas for the script.

• Screenfetch:

  • I've used some snippets as a base for a few functions in this script.
  • I've used the ascii art from here.

• @jrgz: Helping me test the Mac OS X version.

• @xDemonessx: Helping me test the Windows version.

• Everyone else who has helped test the script and given feedback.