btop - Man Page

• Start btop: btop
• Start btop with the specified settings preset: btop --preset 0..9
• Start btop in TTY mode using 16 colors and TTY-friendly graph symbols: btop --tty_on
• Start btop in 256-color mode instead of 24-bit color mode: btop --low-color
• Set the update rate to 500 milliseconds: btop --update 500

tldr.sh

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\c.

top(1), htop(1)

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