8

bashtop – Awesome Linux resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processo...

 3 years ago
source link: https://www.cyberciti.biz/open-source/command-line-hacks/bashtop-awesome-linux-resource-monitor-tool/
Go to the source link to view the article. You can view the picture content, updated content and better typesetting reading experience. If the link is broken, please click the button below to view the snapshot at that time.

T here is a new kid in town for resource monitoring on Linux called bashtop. As the name suggests, the entire tool coded in the bash script itself that displays usage and stats for CPU, RAD, HDD/SSD, network, and other resources. Let us see how to install and use bashtop, which is an awesome Linux resource monitor. You don’t need a Linux desktop to install it. You can also install this app on macOS/FreeBSD provided that you meet software requirements.

ADVERTISEMENTS

Installing bashtop – Excellent Linux resource monitor

Installation requirement includes:

  • Bash version 4.4+ but Bash version 5.x+ for best performance
  • GNU/coreutils
  • AWK/sed/grep (all GNU version)
  • Python3 and psuti

Let us get our hands on dirty with bashtop.

Ubuntu Linux install bashtop

Run the snap command:

$ snap install bashtop

Alternatively, try PPA repository and then install bashtop:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bashtop-monitor/bashtop
 $ sudo apt update
 $ sudo apt install bashtop

Debian Linux install bashtop

Available in official Debian repository for Debian Linux 11.x only:

$ sudo apt install bashtop

FreeBSD install bashtop

You need to install dependencies for FreeBSD using the pkg command:

$ sudo pkg install coreutils gsed python3 git
 $ sudo python3 -m ensurepip
 $ sudo pip3 install psutil

Clone the repo and install it: 

$ git clone https://github.com/aristocratos/bashtop.git
 $ cd bashtop
 $ sudo make install
 ## uninstall command ##
 ## $ sudo make uninstall

macOS install bashtop

Please note that you need iTerm2 otherwise bastop will not work correctly in the standard terminal shipped with macOS.

Again, install required dependencies for macOS Unix desktop/laptop:

$ brew install python3
 $ python3 -m pip install psutil
 $ brew install bash coreutils gnu-sed git
 $ brew install osx-cpu-temp
 $ git clone https://github.com/aristocratos/bashtop.git
 $ cd bashtop
 $ sudo make install

Arch Linux install bashtop

We need use the pacman command to install the same:

$ sudo pacman -S bashtop

Fedora install bashtop

Use the dnf command:

$ sudo dnf install bashtop

RHEL 8 / CentOS 8 install bashtop using EPEL repo

First, enable EPEL repo on CentOS 8 (see RHEL 8 EPEL repo tutoria l) and then run the followingyum command:

$ sudo yum install bashtop

How to start bashtop

Now that we installed the bashtop, it is time to start it and see the application in all TUI (Text-based user interface ) glory:

$ bashtop

bashtop-Awesome-Linux-resource-monitor-welcome.jpgClick to enlarge

Using bashtop keyboardrd shortcuts

We can use the following keys to control the Linux/Unix process and other operations of the bashtop application as per our needs.

Shortcode description Esc, M, m Shows main menu. F2, O, o Shows options. F1, H, h Shows this window. Ctrl-C, Q, q Quits program. +, A, a -, S, s Add/Subtract 100ms to/from update timer. Up Down Select in process list. Enter Show detailed information for selected process. Pg Up Pg Down Jump 1 page in process list. Home End Jump to first or last page in process list. Left Right Select previous/next sorting column. b, B n, N Select previous/next network device. E, e Toggle processes tree view R, r Reverse sorting order in processes box. F, f Input a string to filter processes with. C, c Clear any entered filter. Selected T, t Terminate selected process with SIGTERM – 15. Selected K, k Kill selected process with SIGKILL – 9. Selected I, i Interrupt selected process with SIGINT – 2.

Conclusion

Overall, Bashtop is an excellent tool for desktop or laptop users, but I won’t install it on my servers due to increased requirements, and the majority of my server workload runs inside Docker. It is also slow as compare to top and htop.


report

Recommend

About Joyk


Aggregate valuable and interesting links.
Joyk means Joy of geeK