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    "mode": "pydoc",
    "parameter": "iotop",
    "section": "",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/pydoc/iotop/json",
    "generated": "2026-06-02T14:27:21Z",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "iotop\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "PACKAGE CONTENTS": {
            "content": "data\ngenetlink\nioprio\nnetlink\nui\nversion\nvmstat\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "FILE": {
            "content": "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/iotop/init.py\n\n",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "iotop",
    "flags": [],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [],
    "tldr": {
        "source": "official",
        "description": "Display a table of current I/O usage by processes or threads.",
        "examples": [
            {
                "description": "Start top-like I/O monitor",
                "command": "sudo iotop"
            },
            {
                "description": "Show only processes or threads actually doing I/O",
                "command": "sudo iotop {{-o|--only}}"
            },
            {
                "description": "Show I/O usage in non-interactive mode",
                "command": "sudo iotop {{-b|--batch}}"
            },
            {
                "description": "Show only I/O usage of processes (default is to show all threads)",
                "command": "sudo iotop {{-P|--processes}}"
            },
            {
                "description": "Show I/O usage of given PID(s)",
                "command": "sudo iotop {{-p|--pid}} {{pid}}"
            },
            {
                "description": "Show I/O usage of a given user",
                "command": "sudo iotop {{-u|--user}} {{user}}"
            },
            {
                "description": "Show accumulated I/O instead of bandwidth",
                "command": "sudo iotop {{-a|--accumulated}}"
            }
        ]
    }
}