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⚡ TLDR: tload (tldr-pages)

Show system load average using ASCII art.

  • Run tload
    tload
  • Display a graph with a specific vertical scale (e.g. 10 for a 1:1 scale)
    tload {{-s|--scale}} {{value}}
  • Change the refresh rate for the graph
    tload {{-d|--delay}} {{seconds}}
  • Display a graph for a specific terminal
    tload {{/dev/tty1}}
TLOAD(1)                                    User Commands                                   TLOAD(1)

NAME
       tload - graphic representation of system load average

SYNOPSIS
       tload [options] [tty]

DESCRIPTION
       tload  prints  a graph of the current system load average to the specified tty (or the tty of
       the tload process if none is specified).

OPTIONS
       -s, --scale number
              The scale option allows a vertical scale to be specified for the display  (in  charac‐
              ters  between  graph ticks); thus, a smaller value represents a larger scale, and vice
              versa.

       -d, --delay seconds
              The delay sets the delay between graph updates in seconds.

       -h, --help
              Display this help text.

       -V, --version
              Display version information and exit.

FILES
       /proc/loadavg load average information

SEE ALSO
       ps(1), top(1), uptime(1), w(1)

BUGS
       The -d delay option sets the time argument for an alarm(2); if -d 0 is specified,  the  alarm
       is set to 0, which will never send the SIGALRM and update the display.

AUTHORS
       Branko Lankester, David Engel, Michael K. Johnson.

REPORTING BUGS
       Please send bug reports to procps AT freelists.org

procps-ng                                    2020-06-04                                     TLOAD(1)

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