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btop - Resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network, and processes.
btop [-lc] [-t | +t] [-p id] [--utf-force] [--debug] [{-h | --help} | {-v | --version}]
btop is a program that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network, and processes.
The program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes ('-'). A summary of options is included below.
-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.
-h, --help : Show summary of options.
-v, --version : Show version of program.
The upstream bug tracker can be found at https://github.com/aristocratos/btop/issues.
top(1), htop(1)
btop was written by Jakob P. Liljenberg a.k.a. "Aristocratos".