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To be able to display weekly/monthly traffic totals, you will need to install and configure vnstat first. After that, you will be able to monitor traffic totals from command line using the following command in the terminal:

vnstat

To view daily traffic totals, you can use the command:

vnstat -d

To view weekly traffic totals, use the command:

vnstat -w

Similarly, to view monthly totals, use the command:

vnstat -m

If you have an interface other than eth0, you will need to specify it via command line option “-i”, so if your interface is called ppp0, the above commands will respectively be as follows:

vnstat -d -i ppp0
vnstat -w -i ppp0
vnstat -m -i ppp0

If you already use conky, you can add the following lines to your ~/.conkyrc file:

${color slate grey}Internet 
${color slate grey}Up:${color}${upspeed eth0}k/s
${upspeedgraph eth0 20,140 000000 ffffff}
${color slate grey}Today: ${color} ${exec vnstat -d|grep `date +%m/%d/%y`|awk '{print $5 $6}'}
${color slate grey}Week:  ${color} ${exec vnstat -w|grep 'current week'|awk '{print $6 $7}'}
${color slate grey}Month: ${color} ${exec vnstat -m -i eth0|grep `date | cut -d' ' -f2`|awk '{print $6 $7}'}

${color slate grey}Down:${color}${downspeed eth0}k/s${color slate grey} 
${downspeedgraph eth0 20,140 000000 ffffff}
${color slate grey}Today: ${color} ${exec vnstat -d|grep `date +%m/%d/%y`|awk '{print $2 $3}'}
${color slate grey}Week:  ${color} ${exec vnstat -w|grep 'current week'|awk '{print $3 $4}'}
${color slate grey}Month: ${color} ${exec vnstat -m -i eth0|grep `date | cut -d' ' -f2`|awk '{print $3 $4}'}

You should change the colors and position to match with the rest of the conky configuration.

If you are interested in my .conkyrc, here it is:

# Conkyrc X.v0.5.3 
# exudus @ http://www.localh0st.net
#
# A comprehensive conky script, configured for use on
# Ubuntu / Debian Gnome
# 
# Modified by _khAttAm_ @ http://www.khattam.info
# Uses an external applications : sensors, vnstat. So make sure they are installed 
# and configured
# Assumes the internet connection is on eth0, change it to match your system
# 

# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
background no

# Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone)
double_buffer yes

# fiddle with window
use_spacer right
use_xft yes

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 2.0

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 150 5
maximum_width 300

# Draw shades?
draw_shades yes

# Text stuff
draw_outline no # amplifies text if yes
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders yes

uppercase no # set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 1

# border margins
# border_margin 1

# border width
border_width 1

# Default colors and also border colors, grey90 == #e5e5e5
default_color 4D4D4D
default_shade_color black
default_outline_color grey90

own_window_colour brown
own_window_transparent yes

# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
#alignment top_left
#alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
alignment bottom_right

# Gap between borders of screen and text
gap_x 10
gap_y 50


# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen

override_utf8_locale yes
xftfont Ubuntu:size=8
xftalpha 0.8



TEXT
${color slate grey}${alignc}$sysname $kernel$color
${color slate grey}UpTime: ${color}${alignr}$uptime

${color slate grey}CPU1${color}${alignr}${exec sensors | grep -i Core\ 0|cut -d' ' -f8}   ${cpu cpu0}%
${color light grey}${cpubar 4 cpu0}
${color slate grey}CPU2${color}${alignr}${exec sensors | grep -i Core\ 1|cut -d' ' -f8}   ${cpu cpu1}%
${color light grey}${cpubar 4 cpu1}
${color slate grey}FAN${color}${alignr}${exec sensors | grep -i fan1|cut -d' ' -f8} RPM

${color slate grey}Load: ${color}$loadavg
${color slate grey}Processes: ${color}$processes  
${color slate grey}Running: ${color}$running_processes

${color}${font}${color slate grey}Highest CPU:
${color #ddaa00} ${top name 1}${alignr}${top cpu 1}
${color lightgrey} ${top name 2}${alignr}${top cpu 2}
${color lightgrey} ${top name 3}${alignr}${top cpu 3}
${color lightgrey} ${top name 4}${alignr}${top cpu 4}

${color}${font}${color slate grey}Highest MEM:
${color #ddaa00} ${top_mem name 1}${alignr}${top_mem mem 1}
${color lightgrey} ${top_mem name 2}${alignr}${top_mem mem 2}
${color lightgrey} ${top_mem name 3}${alignr}${top_mem mem 3}
${color lightgrey} ${top_mem name 4}${alignr}${top_mem mem 4}

${color slate grey}I/O disque :${color lightgrey} $diskio $color
${diskiograph 20,140 000000 ffffff}

${color slate grey}HOME ${color }
${fs_free /home}/${fs_size /home}
${fs_bar 3,140 /home}

${color slate grey}MEM:
${color } $memperc% $mem/$memmax
${membar 3,140}
${color slate grey}SWAP:
${color } $swapperc% $swap/$swapmax
${swapbar 3,140}
${color slate grey}Internet 
${color slate grey}Up:${color}${upspeed eth0}k/s
${upspeedgraph eth0 20,140 000000 ffffff}
${color slate grey}Today: ${color} ${exec vnstat -d|grep `date +%m/%d/%y`|awk '{print $5 $6}'}
${color slate grey}Week:  ${color} ${exec vnstat -w|grep 'current week'|awk '{print $6 $7}'}
${color slate grey}Month: ${color} ${exec vnstat -m -i eth0|grep `date | cut -d' ' -f2`|awk '{print $6 $7}'}

${color slate grey}Down:${color}${downspeed eth0}k/s${color slate grey} 
${downspeedgraph eth0 20,140 000000 ffffff}
${color slate grey}Today: ${color} ${exec vnstat -d|grep `date +%m/%d/%y`|awk '{print $2 $3}'}
${color slate grey}Week:  ${color} ${exec vnstat -w|grep 'current week'|awk '{print $3 $4}'}
${color slate grey}Month: ${color} ${exec vnstat -m -i eth0|grep `date | cut -d' ' -f2`|awk '{print $3 $4}'}
 
${color slate grey}IP (eth0):${color} ${addr eth0}