diff --git a/bin/arch b/bin/arch
index 890ed900..128eb0c1 100755
--- a/bin/arch
+++ b/bin/arch
@@ -17,4 +17,9 @@
 #    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+if [ "$1" = "--detail" ]; then
+	uname -a
+	exit 0
+fi
+
 printf "%s " $(uname -m)
diff --git a/bin/battery b/bin/battery
index c42c7de6..cd2f586f 100755
--- a/bin/battery
+++ b/bin/battery
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ search () {
 BATS=$(ls /proc/acpi/battery)
 NB=$(echo "$BATS" | wc -l)
 
+if [ "$1" = "--detail" ]; then
+	for bat in $BATS; do
+		cat "/proc/acpi/battery/$bat/info"
+		cat "/proc/acpi/battery/$bat/state"
+	done
+	exit 0
+fi
+
 for bat in $BATS; do
    if [ "$NB" -gt 1 ]; then
       echo -n "$bat: "
diff --git a/bin/cpu-count b/bin/cpu-count
index 4f9a8317..5f4f9b9a 100755
--- a/bin/cpu-count
+++ b/bin/cpu-count
@@ -19,3 +19,7 @@
 
 count=`grep -c "^processor.*:" /proc/cpuinfo`
 [ "$count" = "1" ] || echo $count"x"
+if [ "$1" = "--detail" ]; then
+	echo
+	exit 0
+fi
diff --git a/bin/cpu-freq b/bin/cpu-freq
index d89b3a05..d3be570a 100755
--- a/bin/cpu-freq
+++ b/bin/cpu-freq
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@
 #    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+if [ "$1" = "--detail" ]; then
+	cat /proc/cpuinfo
+	exit 0
+fi
+
 mhz=`egrep -i -m 1 "^cpu MHz|^clock|^bogomips" /proc/cpuinfo | awk -F"[:.]" '{print $2}'`
 
 speed=$(echo $mhz | awk '{ printf "%.1f", $1 / 1000 }')
diff --git a/bin/date b/bin/date
index 32cba302..803a563f 100755
--- a/bin/date
+++ b/bin/date
@@ -17,4 +17,8 @@
 #    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+if [ "$1" = "--detail" ]; then
+	date
+	exit 0
+fi
 printf "\005Y-\005m-\005d "
diff --git a/bin/ec2-cost b/bin/ec2-cost
index 5980f288..3238f4b5 100755
--- a/bin/ec2-cost
+++ b/bin/ec2-cost
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ uptime_cost=`echo "$hours" | awk "{printf \"%f\", "$CPU_RATE" * $hours}"`
 total_cost=`echo "$network_cost" "$uptime_cost" | awk '{printf "~\$%.2f", $1 + $2}'`
 
 if [ "$DETAIL" = "1" ]; then
-	echo
 	echo "================================================"
 	echo "Estimated cost in Amazon's EC2 since last reboot"
 	echo "================================================"
@@ -91,7 +90,6 @@ if [ "$DETAIL" = "1" ]; then
 	echo "------------------------------------------------"
 	echo "Total cost:      $total_cost"
 	echo "================================================"
-	echo
 	exit 0
 fi
 
diff --git a/bin/hostname b/bin/hostname
index 6e67b95b..6c0fb0d4 100755
--- a/bin/hostname
+++ b/bin/hostname
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@
 #    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+if [ "$1" = "--detail" ]; then
+	hostname -f
+	exit 0
+fi
+
 at=
 grep -qs "^whoami=1$" "$HOME/.screen-profiles/status" && at="@"
 
diff --git a/bin/load-average b/bin/load-average
index b0e49fe8..c79278f2 100755
--- a/bin/load-average
+++ b/bin/load-average
@@ -17,4 +17,9 @@
 #    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+if [ "$1" = "--detail" ]; then
+	cat /proc/loadavg
+	exit 0
+fi
+
 printf "\005{= Yk}%s\005{-} " $(cat /proc/loadavg | cut -d " " -f -1)
diff --git a/bin/logo b/bin/logo
index 2f48a3d5..9ca310a6 100755
--- a/bin/logo
+++ b/bin/logo
@@ -17,32 +17,49 @@
 #    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+if [ "$1" = "--detail" ]; then
+	MARKUP="false"
+else
+	MARKUP="true"
+fi
+
 print_logo() {
 	distro="$1"
 	if echo "$distro" | grep -qsi "ubuntu"; then
-		printf "\005{=b kr}\\\\\005{= ky}o\005{=b kY}/"
+		$MARKUP && printf "\005{=b kr}\\\\\005{= ky}o\005{=b kY}/" || printf "\\o/"
 	elif echo "$distro" | grep -qsi "arch"; then
-		printf "\005{=b wb} A "
+		logo=" A "
+		$MARKUP && printf "\005{=b wb}$logo" || printf "$logo"
 	elif echo "$distro" | grep -qsi "centos"; then
-		printf "\005{= gw}*\005{= mw}*\005{= yw}*\005{= bw}*%{=b Wk}"
+		logo="****"
+		$MARKUP && printf "\005{= gw}*\005{= mw}*\005{= yw}*\005{= bw}*%{=b Wk}" || printf "$logo"
 	elif echo "$distro" | grep -qsi "debian"; then
-		printf "\005{= wr} @ "
+		logo=" @ "
+		$MARKUP && printf "\005{= wr}$logo" || printf "$logo"
 	elif echo "$distro" | grep -qsi "fedora"; then
-		printf "\005{=b bw} f "
+		logo=" f "
+		$MARKUP && printf "\005{=b bw}$logo" || printf "$logo"
 	elif echo "$distro" | grep -qsi "foresight"; then
-		printf "\005{=b Wg}<@>"
+		logo="<@>"
+		$MARKUP && printf "\005{=b Wg}$logo" || printf "$logo"
 	elif echo "$distro" | grep -qsi "gentoo"; then
-		printf "\005{=b cw} > "
+		logo=" > "
+		$MARKUP && printf "\005{=b cw}$logo" || printf "$logo"
 	elif echo "$distro" | grep -qsi "mandriva"; then
-		printf "\005{=b kc} (\005{=b ky}* "
+		logo=" (* "
+		$MARKUP && printf "\005{=b kc} (\005{=b ky}* " || printf "$logo"
 	elif echo "$distro" | grep -qsi "redhat"; then
-		printf "\005{= Rk} RH "
+		logo=" RH "
+		$MARKUP && printf "\005{= Rk}$logo" || printf "$logo"
 	elif echo "$distro" | grep -qsi "slackware"; then
-		printf "\005{=u Bk},S "
+		logo=",S "
+		$MARKUP && printf "\005{=u Bk}$logo" || printf "$logo"
 	elif echo "$distro" | grep -qsi "suse"; then
-		printf "\005{= Wg}SuSE"
+		logo="SuSE"
+		$MARKUP && printf "\005{= Wg}$logo" || printf "$logo"
 	elif echo "$distro" | grep -qsi "xandros"; then
-		printf "\005{= Wr} X "
+		logo=" X "
+		$MARKUP && printf "\005{= Wr}$logo" || printf "$logo"
 	else
 		false
 	fi
diff --git a/bin/mem-available b/bin/mem-available
index 13db8c45..c021a210 100755
--- a/bin/mem-available
+++ b/bin/mem-available
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@
 #    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+if [ "$1" = "--detail" ]; then
+	free
+	exit 0
+fi
+
 comma=
 whitespace=
 if [ -r "$HOME/.screen-profiles/status" ]; then
diff --git a/bin/mem-used b/bin/mem-used
index a0901467..d5a50240 100755
--- a/bin/mem-used
+++ b/bin/mem-used
@@ -17,4 +17,9 @@
 #    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+if [ "$1" = "--detail" ]; then
+	cat /proc/meminfo
+	exit 0
+fi
+
 free | awk '/buffers\/cache:/ {printf "\005{= gW}%.0f%%\005{-} ", 100*$3/($3 + $4)}'
diff --git a/bin/menu b/bin/menu
index a46c6315..1f394049 100755
--- a/bin/menu
+++ b/bin/menu
@@ -17,4 +17,6 @@
 #    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+[ "$1" = "--detail" ] && exit 0
+
 printf " \005{= kw}%s" `gettext "Menu:<F9>"`
diff --git a/bin/network-down b/bin/network-down
index 1d5f2847..c56f5db6 100755
--- a/bin/network-down
+++ b/bin/network-down
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ cache="$HOME/.screen-profiles/network-down"
 interface=`/sbin/route -n | tail -n 1 | sed "s/^.* //"`
 unit="kB/s"
 
+if [ "$1" = "--detail" ]; then
+	ifconfig "$interface"
+	exit 0
+fi
+
 t1=`stat -c %Y "$cache"` 2>/dev/null || t1=0
 t2=`date +%s`
 
diff --git a/bin/network-up b/bin/network-up
index a27dc9e9..f74bc9d2 100755
--- a/bin/network-up
+++ b/bin/network-up
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ cache="$HOME/.screen-profiles/network-up"
 interface=`/sbin/route -n | tail -n 1 | sed "s/^.* //"`
 unit="kB/s"
 
+if [ "$1" = "--detail" ]; then
+	ifconfig "$interface"
+	exit 0
+fi
+
 t1=`stat -c %Y "$cache"` 2>/dev/null || t1=0
 t2=`date +%s`
 
diff --git a/bin/processes b/bin/processes
index e93e0a24..3689bbe2 100755
--- a/bin/processes
+++ b/bin/processes
@@ -17,4 +17,9 @@
 #    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+if [ "$1" = "--detail" ]; then
+	ps -ejH
+	exit 0
+fi
+
 printf "\005{= yk}%s&\005{-} " $(ps -e | wc -l)
diff --git a/bin/reboot-required b/bin/reboot-required
index 9a57b37a..67dc5a10 100755
--- a/bin/reboot-required
+++ b/bin/reboot-required
@@ -17,4 +17,9 @@
 #    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+if [ "$1" = "--detail" ]; then
+	[ -e /var/run/reboot-required ] && printf "Yes" || printf "No"
+	exit 0
+fi
+
 [ -e /var/run/reboot-required ] && printf "\005{=b bW}(@)\005{-} "
diff --git a/bin/release b/bin/release
index 8b583b70..6570ddb1 100755
--- a/bin/release
+++ b/bin/release
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 if which lsb_release >/dev/null; then
+	if [ "$1" = "--detail" ]; then
+		lsb_release -a 2>/dev/null
+		exit 0
+	fi
 	# If lsb_release is available, use it
 	r=$(lsb_release -s -d)
 	if echo "$r" | grep -qs "^Ubuntu .*\..*\..*$"; then
@@ -31,6 +35,10 @@ if which lsb_release >/dev/null; then
 		printf "\005{=b }%s %s\005{-} " "$i" "$r"
 	fi
 elif [ -r "/etc/issue" ]; then
+	if [ "$1" = "--detail" ]; then
+		cat /etc/issue
+		exit 0
+	fi
 	# Otherwise, grab part of /etc/issue
 	printf "\005{=b }%s\005{-} " $(head -n1 /etc/issue | awk '{print $1}')
 else
diff --git a/bin/time b/bin/time
index 85cf8673..889e053a 100755
--- a/bin/time
+++ b/bin/time
@@ -17,4 +17,9 @@
 #    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+if [ "$1" = "--detail" ]; then
+	date
+	exit 0
+fi
+
 printf "\0050c:\005s"
diff --git a/bin/updates-available b/bin/updates-available
index 8e86cb76..4836f286 100755
--- a/bin/updates-available
+++ b/bin/updates-available
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@
 #    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+if [ "$1" = "--detail" ]; then
+	if [ -x "/usr/bin/apt-get" ]; then
+		/usr/bin/apt-get -s -o Debug::NoLocking=true upgrade | grep ^Inst
+	fi
+	exit 0
+fi
+
 # expire the cache in X seconds; 1 hour by default
 EXPIRATION=3600
 
diff --git a/bin/uptime b/bin/uptime
index 9145a8ff..a3fc7dbd 100755
--- a/bin/uptime
+++ b/bin/uptime
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
 #  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
 
+if [ "$1" = "--detail" ]; then
+	uptime
+	exit 0
+fi
+
 u=$(sed "s/\..*$//" /proc/uptime)
 printf "\005{= wb}"
 if [ "$u" -gt 86400 ]; then
diff --git a/bin/users b/bin/users
index 54f5a99e..27d177eb 100755
--- a/bin/users
+++ b/bin/users
@@ -20,4 +20,9 @@
 #  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
 
+if [ "$1" = "--detail" ]; then
+	who
+	exit 0
+fi
+
 printf "\005{= wr}%d#\005{-} " `who | wc -l`
diff --git a/bin/whoami b/bin/whoami
index 20d136f0..2b916d85 100755
--- a/bin/whoami
+++ b/bin/whoami
@@ -17,4 +17,9 @@
 #    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+if [ "$1" = "--detail" ]; then
+	whoami
+	exit 0
+fi
+
 printf "\005{=b }%s\005{-}" $(whoami)
diff --git a/bin/wifi-quality b/bin/wifi-quality
index 31a11463..6bd230c4 100755
--- a/bin/wifi-quality
+++ b/bin/wifi-quality
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 interface=`/sbin/route -n | tail -n 1 | sed "s/^.* //"`
+
+if [ "$1" = "--detail" ]; then
+	iwconfig 2>/dev/null
+	exit 0
+fi
+
 bitrate=`iwconfig "$interface" 2>/dev/null | grep "Bit Rate." | sed "s/^.*Bit Rate.//" | sed "s/ .*$//g"`
 [ -z "$bitrate" ] && bitrate="0"
 quality=`iwconfig "$interface" 2>/dev/null | grep "Link Quality=" | sed "s/^.*Link Quality=//" | sed "s/ .*$//g"`
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a97f42b5..7fd5f9ae 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,7 +4,15 @@ screen-profiles (1.51) unreleased; urgency=low
   * bin/hostname: hostname -s fails sometimes, it seems
   * screen: respect $SCREENRC environment variable, LP: #367250
 
- -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:07:41 -0500
+  Detailed status
+  * bin/*: add special actions if --detail is specified; basically,
+    print all relevant information on stdout without formatting
+  * screen-profiles-status: add support for --detail, loop through
+    all status scripts with --detail specified
+  * screen-profiles-status-detail: wrapper using sensible-pager
+  * screen-profiles-status-detail.1: documentation added
+
+ -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:10:40 -0500
 
 screen-profiles (1.50-0ubuntu1) jaunty; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/debian/install b/debian/install
index a29a340d..e9e0ef00 100644
--- a/debian/install
+++ b/debian/install
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ screen usr/bin
 select-screen-profile usr/bin
 screen-profiles usr/bin
 screen-profiles-status usr/bin
+screen-profiles-status-detail usr/bin
 screen-launcher-install usr/share/screen-profiles
 screen-launcher-uninstall usr/share/screen-profiles
 motd+shell usr/bin
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 100c9bda..e3f73e1c 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ binary-indep: build install
 	dh_testdir -i
 	dh_testroot -i
 	dh_installdocs -X.bzr -i
-	dh_installman -i screen-launcher.1 screen-profiles.1 select-screen-profile.1 motd+shell.1 screen-profiles-export.1 screen-profiles-status.1
+	dh_installman -i screen-launcher.1 screen-profiles.1 select-screen-profile.1 motd+shell.1 screen-profiles-export.1 screen-profiles-status.1 screen-profiles-status-detail.1
 	dh_installchangelogs -i
 	dh_installdebconf -i
 	dh_compress -i
diff --git a/keybindings/common b/keybindings/common
index 9a4870c4..ff3b9ab3 100644
--- a/keybindings/common
+++ b/keybindings/common
@@ -45,3 +45,4 @@ bindkey -k k9 screen -t help 0 screen-profiles		# F9  | Configuration
 							# F10 | 'toolbar' in gnome-terminal
 							# F11 | 'fullscreen' in gnome-terminal
 bindkey -k F2 lockscreen				# F12 | Lock this terminal
+bind $ screen -t status 0 screen-profiles-status-detail # ctrl-a $ | show detailed status
diff --git a/screen-profiles-status b/screen-profiles-status
index 9e14c1eb..951f9b06 100755
--- a/screen-profiles-status
+++ b/screen-profiles-status
@@ -45,6 +45,18 @@ case "$P" in
 	arch|battery|ec2-cost|hostname|network-down|network-up|processes|users|whoami|wifi-quality)
 		grep -qs -m1 "^$P=1$" "$HOME/.screen-profiles/status" || exit 0
 	;;
+	--detail)
+		for i in `ls "$DIR"`; do
+			[ "$i" = "menu" ] && continue
+			echo
+			echo " ______________________________________________________________________"
+			echo "/ * $i:"
+			out=`"$DIR"/$i --detail`
+			echo "$out" | sed "s/^/|     /g"
+			echo "\\______________________________________________________________________"
+		done
+		exit 0
+	;;
 	*)
 		exit 1
 	;;
diff --git a/screen-profiles-status-detail.1 b/screen-profiles-status-detail.1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4fc9176e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/screen-profiles-status-detail.1
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+.TH screen-profiles-status-detail 1 "27 Apr 2009" screen-profiles "screen-profiles"
+.SH NAME
+screen\-profiles\-status\-detail \- Wrapper that uses a sensible pager
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+\fBscreen\-profiles\-status\-detail\fP is a simple script that uses a sensible pager for displaying the detailed status of all screen\-profiles status scripts.
+
+.TP
+\fIhttp://launchpad.net/screen-profiles\fP
+.PD
+
+.SH AUTHOR
+This manpage and the utility was written by Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@canonical.com> for Ubuntu systems (but may be used by others).  Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.