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btop — A resource monitor that shows information about the CPU, memory, disks, network, and processes. A C+

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Problem

How to use the btop command: A resource monitor that shows information about the CPU, memory, disks, network, and processes. A C++ version of bpytop. See also: btm, glances, atop, htop, top. More information: <https://github.com/aristocratos/btop#command-line-options>.

Solution

btop — A resource monitor that shows information about the CPU, memory, disks, network, and processes. A C++ version of bpytop. See also: btm, glances, atop, htop, top. More information: <https://github.com/aristocratos/btop#command-line-options>.

Start btop:

btop

Start btop with the specified settings preset:

btop {{[-p|--preset]}} {{0..9}}

Start btop in TTY mode using 16 colors and TTY-friendly graph symbols:

btop {{[-t|--tty]}}

Start btop in 256-color mode instead of 24-bit color mode:

btop {{[-l|--low-color]}}

Set the update rate to 500 milliseconds:

btop {{[-u|--update]}} 500

Exit btop:

<q>

Display help:

btop {{[-h|--help]}}

Code Snippets

Start `btop`

btop

Start `btop` with the specified settings preset

btop {{[-p|--preset]}} {{0..9}}

Start `btop` in TTY mode using 16 colors and TTY-friendly graph symbols

btop {{[-t|--tty]}}

Start `btop` in 256-color mode instead of 24-bit color mode

btop {{[-l|--low-color]}}

Set the update rate to 500 milliseconds

btop {{[-u|--update]}} 500

Context

tldr-pages: common/btop

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