NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

btop [-lc] [-t | +t] [-p id] [--utf-force] [--debug] [{-h | --help} | {-v | --version}]

DESCRIPTION

btop is a program that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network, and processes.

OPTIONS

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.

BUGS

The upstream bug tracker can be found at https://github.com/aristocratos/btop/issues.

SEE ALSO

top(1), htop(1)

AUTHOR

btop was written by Jakob P. Liljenberg a.k.a. “Aristocratos”.