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| author | Manos Pitsidianakis <el13635@mail.ntua.gr> | 2019-10-26 08:56:41 +0300 |
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| committer | Manos Pitsidianakis <el13635@mail.ntua.gr> | 2019-10-26 08:56:41 +0300 |
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..71d2f89 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +## NAME + bb — your system's Big Brother + +## SYNOPSIS +``` + bb +``` + +## DESCRIPTION +simple process viewer (for functionalities, see shortcuts below) + + + +## WHY +This is a "weekend" side-project made for fun, but it ended up somewhat useful and fast. Performance seems on par with `htop` without having done any benchmarks, however in contrast to `htop`, `bb` doesn't leave artifacts when it redraws the screen. I am not completely sure this is `htop`'s fault though, feel free to correct me. + +## INSTALL +Prerequisites: [cargo](https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install) >= 1.36, Linux + +``` +cargo install bb +``` + +## BUILD + Prerequisites: rustc, cargo >= 1.36, Linux + + Execute `cargo build --release`, resulting binary will be in + ./target/release/bb + +## SHORTCUTS +``` + 'F' Follow process and its children. Type the pid you want to follow + 'k' Kill process under cursor + Press Enter to confirm kill, or Esc to cancel + 'f' (un)freeze process list updates + '/' Filter process list + Esc Cancel action +``` + +## AUTHORS + Copyright 2019 Manos Pitsidianakis <epilys@nessuent.xyz> Released + under the GPL, version 3 or greater. This software carries no warranty of + any kind. (See COPYING for full copyright and warranty notices.) + +⟨ https://nessuent.xyz/ ⟩ + + September 04, 2019 |