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.TH glances 1 "January, 2012" "version 1.3.7" "USER COMMANDS"
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.SH NAME
glances \- CLI curses based monitoring tool
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B glances
[\-h] [\-t refresh] [\-v]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Glances is a free (LGPL) curses-based monitoring tool which aims to present a maximum of information
in a minimum of space, ideally to fit in a classical 80x24 terminal. Glances can adapt dynamicaly the
displayed informations depending on the terminal size.
.PP
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This tool is written in Python and uses PsUtil to fetch the statistical values from key elements.
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.PP
You can use the following keys to sort the processesi list:
.PP
'a' to set the automatic mode. The process list is sorted automatically
.PP
'c' the processes list is sorted by CPU consomption
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.PP
'd' Disable or enable the disk IO stats
.PP
'f' Disable or enable the file system stats
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.PP
'h' Hide or show the help message
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.PP
'l' Hide or show the logs
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.PP
'm' the processes list is sorted by process size
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.PP
'n' Disable or enable the network interfaces stats
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.PP
'q' Exit
.PP
The current version grab the following stats: CPU, Load, Memory, Network rate, Disk IO, file system,
process number and details.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.TP
\-h
Display the syntax and exit
.TP
\-t
Set the refresh time in second default is 1
.TP
-v
Display the version and exit
.SH EXAMPLES
.TP
Refresh information every 5 seconds:
.B glances
\-t 5
.PP
.SH EXIT STATUS
glances returns a zero exit status if it succeeds to print/grab information.
.PP
It returns 2 if it fails to parse its options (missing arguments, invalid value, etc).
.SH AUTHOR
Glances is written by Nicolargo (contact@nicolargo.com).