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

SEE ALSO

https://github.com/aristocratos/btop

AUTHOR

btop was written by Aristocratos.