iotop

Display a table of current I/O usage by processes or threads. More information: <https://manned.org/iotop>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/iotop.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install iotop
Ubuntu
apt-get install iotop
Alpine
apk add iotop
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S iotop
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install iotop
CentOS
yum install iotop
Fedora
dnf install iotop
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install iotop
Raspbian
apt-get install iotop
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/iotop iotop powered by Commando

Display a table of current I/O usage by processes or threads. More information: <https://manned.org/iotop>.

  • Start top-like I/O monitor:
    sudo iotop
  • Show only processes or threads actually doing I/O:
    sudo iotop --only
  • Show I/O usage in non-interactive mode:
    sudo iotop --batch
  • Show only I/O usage of processes (default is to show all threads):
    sudo iotop --processes
  • Show I/O usage of given PID(s):
    sudo iotop --pid=PID
  • Show I/O usage of a given user:
    sudo iotop --user=user
  • Show accumulated I/O instead of bandwidth:
    sudo iotop --accumulated

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