btop

BTOP(1) General Commands Manual BTOP(1)

NAME

   BTOP - Resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes.

SYNOPSIS

   btop [-h] [-v] [-/+t] [-p <id>] [--utf-force] [--debug]

DESCRIPTION

   btop is a modern and colorful command line resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes.

   btop beatures:
    - Easy to use, with a game inspired menu system.
    - Full mouse support, all buttons with a highlighted key is clickable and mouse scroll works in process list and menu boxes.
    - Fast and responsive UI with UP, DOWN keys process selection.
    - Function for showing detailed stats for selected process.
    - Ability to filter processes.
    - Easy switching between sorting options.
    - Tree view of processes.
    - Send any signal to selected process.
    - UI menu for changing all config file options.
    - Auto scaling graph for network usage.
    - Shows IO activity and speeds for disks
    - Battery meter
    - Selectable symbols for the graphs
    - Custom presets
    - And more...

COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS

   optional arguments:

   -h, --help
          show this help message and exit

   -v, --version
          show version info and exit

   -lc, --low-color
          disable truecolor, converts 24-bit colors to 256-color

   -t, --tty_on
          force (ON) tty mode, max 16 colors and tty friendly graph symbols

     +t, --tty_off
          force (OFF) tty mode

   -p, --preset <id>
          start with preset, integer value between 0-9

   --utf-force
          force start even if no UTF-8 locale was detected

   --debug
          start in DEBUG mode: shows microsecond timer for information collect and screen draw functions and sets loglevel to DEBUG