.TH glances 1  "April, 2013" "version 1.7" "USER COMMANDS"
.SH NAME
glances \- A cross-platform curses-based monitoring tool
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B glances
[\-bdehmnrsvyz] [\-B bind] [\-c server] [\-C conffile] [\-f file] [\-o output] [\-p port] [\-P password] [\-t refresh]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Glances is a free (LGPL) cross-platform 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 or higher to have additionnal information.
Glances can adapt dynamically the displayed information depending on the terminal size.
It can also work in a client/server mode for remote monitoring.
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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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The current version grab the following stats: CPU, Load, Memory, Network rate, Disk I/O, file system,
process number and details.
.SH COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS
The command-line options are the following:
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.B \-b
Display network rate in Byte per second
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.B \-B @IP|host
Bind server to the given IP or hostname
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.B \-c @IP|host
Connect to a Glances server
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.B \-C file
Path to the configuration file (default: {/usr/local,}/etc/glances/glances.conf)
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.B \-d
Disable disk I/O module
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.B \-e
Enable the sensors module (Linux-only)
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.B \-f file
Set the output folder (HTML) or file (CSV)
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.B \-h
Display the help and exit
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.B \-m
Disable mount module
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.B \-n
Disable network module
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.B \-o output
Define additional output (available: HTML or CSV)
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.B \-p PORT
Define the client or server TCP port (default: 61209)
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.B \-P password
Define a client/server password
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.B \-r
Do not list processes
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.B \-s
Run Glances in server mode
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.B \-t sec
Set the refresh time in seconds (default: 3)
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.B \-v
Display the version and exit
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.B \-y
Enable the hddtemp module (requires running hddtemp daemon)
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.B \-z
Do not use the bold color attribute
.SH INTERACTIVE COMMANDS
You can use the following keys while in Glances:
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.B a
Automatic mode. The process list is sorted automatically
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.B b
Switch between bit/s or Byte/s for network IO
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.B c
Sort processes by CPU%
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.B d
Show/hide disk IO stats
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.B f
Show/hide file system stats
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.B h
Show/hide the help message
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.B i
Sort processes by IO rate
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.B l
Show/hide log messages
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.B m
Sort processes by MEM%
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.B n
Show/hide network stats
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.B p
Sort processes by name
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.B s
Show/hide sensors stats (Linux-only)
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.B t
View network IO as combination
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.B u
View cumulative network IO
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.B w
Delete finished warning log messages
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.B x
Delete finished warning and critical log messages
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.B 1
Switch between global CPU and per-CPU stats
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.B q
Quit
.SH EXAMPLES
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Refresh information every 5 seconds:
.B glances
\-t 5
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.SH EXIT STATUS
Glances returns a zero exit status if it succeeds to print/grab information.
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It returns 2 if it fails to parse its options (missing arguments, invalid value, etc).
.SH AUTHOR
Glances is written by Nicolas Hennion aka Nicolargo (contact@nicolargo.com)