btop 1.0.20

2021-10-27 256 words 2 minutes

btop++ Resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes.

C++ version and continuation of bashtop and bpytop.

Features

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…

Location and version:

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$ which btop
/local/cluster/bin/btop
$ btop --version
btop version: 1.0.20

help message:

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

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

software ref: https://github.com/aristocratos/btop