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btm — Display system information about the CPU, memory, disks, network, and processes. An enhanced alterna

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Problem

How to use the btm command: Display system information about the CPU, memory, disks, network, and processes. An enhanced alternative to top. See also: btop, glances, atop, htop, top. More information: <https://clementtsang.github.io/bottom/nightly/#usage-and-configuration>.

Solution

btm — Display system information about the CPU, memory, disks, network, and processes. An enhanced alternative to top. See also: btop, glances, atop, htop, top. More information: <https://clementtsang.github.io/bottom/nightly/#usage-and-configuration>.

Show the default layout (CPU, memory, temperatures, disk, network, and processes):

btm

Enable basic mode, removing charts and condensing data (similar to top):

btm {{[-b|--basic]}}

Use big dots instead of small ones in charts:

btm {{[-m|--dot_marker]}}

Show also battery charge and health status:

btm --battery

Refresh every 250 milliseconds and show the last 30 seconds in the charts:

btm {{[-r|--rate]}} 250 {{[-t|--default_time_value]}} 30000

Code Snippets

Show the default layout (CPU, memory, temperatures, disk, network, and processes)

btm

Enable basic mode, removing charts and condensing data (similar to `top`)

btm {{[-b|--basic]}}

Use big dots instead of small ones in charts

btm {{[-m|--dot_marker]}}

Show also battery charge and health status

btm --battery

Refresh every 250 milliseconds and show the last 30 seconds in the charts

btm {{[-r|--rate]}} 250 {{[-t|--default_time_value]}} 30000

Context

tldr-pages: common/btm

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