byobu-status(1) byobu byobu-status(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

byobu-status - displays status suitable for printing by the BYOBU\_BACKEND

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

**byobu-status** is a program periodically called by the BYOBU\_BACKEND to gather the formatted status strings displayed in to lower status bar(s).

[*https://byobu.org*](https://byobu.org)

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

This manpage and the utility were written by Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@byobu.org> for Ubuntu systems (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document and the utility under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 published by the Free Software Foundation.

The complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in */usr/share/common-licenses/GPL* on Debian/Ubuntu systems, or in */usr/share/doc/fedora-release-\*/GPL* on Fedora systems, or on the web at *http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt*.

15 Aug 2011 byobu

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Document: byobu-status(1) from byobu 7.23-r0 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/dustinkirkland/byobu