.TH glances 1  "January, 2013" "version 1.6" "USER COMMANDS"
.SH NAME
glances \- CLI curses based monitoring tool
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B glances
[\-bdehmnsvz] [\-C conffile] [\-t refresh] [\-B bind] [\-c server] [\-p port] [\-P password] [\-o output] [\-f file]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Glances is a free (LGPL) curses-based  monitoring tool which aims to present a maximum of information
in a minimum of space, ideally to fit in a classical 80x24 terminal or higher to have additionnal information.
Glances can adapt dynamicaly the displayed information depending on the terminal size.
It can also work in a client/server mode (for remote monitoring).
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This tool is written in Python and uses PsUtil to fetch the statistical values from key elements.
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When Glances is running, you can use the following keys:
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	'a' Automatic mode. The process list is sorted automatically
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	'b' Switch between bit/s or Byte/s for network IO
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	'c' Sort processes by CPU%
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	'd' Show/hide disk IO stats
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	'f' Show/hide file system stats
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	'h' Show/hide the help message
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	'i' Sort processes by IO rate
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	'l' Show/hide log messages
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	'm' Sort processes by MEM%
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	'n' Show/hide network stats
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	'p' Sort processes by name
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	's' Show/hide sensors stats (Linux-only)
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	'w' Delete finished warning logs messages
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	'x' Delete finished warning and critical logs
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	'q' Quit
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	'1' Switch between global CPU and per core stats
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The current version grab the following stats: CPU, Load, Memory, Network rate, Disk IO, file system,
process number and details.
.SH OPTIONS
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\-b
Display network rate in Byte per second
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\-B bind
Bind server to the given IP or host NAME
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\-c server
Connect to a Glances server (IP address or hostname)
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\-C conffile
Use a configuration file (default: {/usr/local,}/etc/glances/glances.conf)
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\-d
Disable disk I/O module
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\-e
Enable the sensors module (Linux-only)
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\-f file
Set the output folder (HTML) or file (CSV)
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\-h
Display the syntax and exit
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\-m
Disable mount module
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\-n
Disable network module
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\-o output
Define additional output (available: HTML or CSV)
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\-p port
Define the client or server TCP port (default: 61209)
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\-P password
Define the client or server password (default: no password)
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\-s
Run Glances in server mode
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\-t sec
Set the refresh time in seconds (default: 3)
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\-v
Display the version and exit
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\-z
Do not use the bold color attribute
.SH EXAMPLES
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Refresh information every 5 seconds:
.B glances
\-t 5
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.SH EXIT STATUS
Glances returns a zero exit status if it succeeds to print/grab information.
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It returns 2 if it fails to parse its options (missing arguments, invalid value, etc).
.SH AUTHOR
Glances is written by Nicolas Hennion aka Nicolargo (contact@nicolargo.com).