# iotop - pydoc - phpman

> **TLDR:** Display a table of current I/O usage by processes or threads.
>
- Start top-like I/O monitor:
  `sudo iotop`
- Show only processes or threads actually doing I/O:
  `sudo iotop {{-o|--only}}`
- Show I/O usage in non-interactive mode:
  `sudo iotop {{-b|--batch}}`
- Show only I/O usage of processes (default is to show all threads):
  `sudo iotop {{-P|--processes}}`
- Show I/O usage of given PID(s):
  `sudo iotop {{-p|--pid}} {{pid}}`
- Show I/O usage of a given user:
  `sudo iotop {{-u|--user}} {{user}}`
- Show accumulated I/O instead of bandwidth:
  `sudo iotop {{-a|--accumulated}}`

*Source: tldr-pages*

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Help on package iotop:

## NAME
    iotop

## PACKAGE CONTENTS
    data
    genetlink
    ioprio
    netlink
    ui
    version
    vmstat

## FILE
    /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/iotop/__init__.py