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.TH glances 1 "June, 2014" "version 2.0" "USER COMMANDS"
.SH NAME
glances \- A cross-platform curses-based system monitoring tool
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B glances
.RI [ OPTIONS ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Glances is a free (LGPL) cross-platform curses-based system 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. It can adapt
dynamically the displayed information depending on the terminal size.
.PP
Glances can also work in client/server mode. Remote monitoring could be done via
terminal or web interface.
.PP
This tool is written in Python and uses the psutil library to fetch the statistical
values from key elements, like CPU, load average, memory, network, disks, file
systems, processes and so on.
.SH COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS
The command-line options are the following:
.TP
.B \-h, \-\-help
display the help and exit
.TP
.B \-V, \-\-version
show program's version number and exit
.TP
.B \-b, \-\-byte
display network rate in byte per second [default: bit per second]
.TP
.B \-B BIND_ADDRESS, \-\-bind BIND_ADDRESS
bind server to the given IPv4/IPv6 address or hostname
.TP
.B \-c CLIENT, \-\-client CLIENT
connect to a Glances server by IPv4/IPv6 address or hostname
.TP
.B \-C CONF_FILE, \-\-config CONF_FILE
path to the configuration file
.TP
.B \-\-disable-bold
disable bold mode in the terminal
.TP
.B \-\-disable-diskio
disable disk I/O module
.TP
.B \-\-disable-fs
disable file system module
.TP
.B \-\-disable-network
disable network module
.TP
.B \-\-disable-network
disable network module
.TP
.B \-\-disable-sensors
disable sensors module
.TP
.B \-\-disable-process
disable process module
.TP
.B \-\-disable-log
disable log module
.TP
.B \-\-output-csv OUTPUT_CSV
export stats to a CSV file
.TP
.B \-p PORT, \-\-port PORT
define the client/server TCP port [default: 61209]
.TP
.B \-\-password
define a client/server password from the prompt or file
.TP
.B \-s, \-\-server
run Glances in server mode
.TP
.B \-\-snmp-community SNMP_COMMUNITY
SNMP community
.TP
.B \-\-snmp-port SNMP_PORT
SNMP port
.TP
.B \-\-snmp-version SNMP_VERSION
SNMP version (1, 2c or 3)
.TP
.B \-\-snmp-user SNMP_USER
SNMP username (only for SNMPv3)
.TP
.B \-\-snmp-auth SNMP_AUTH
SNMP authentication key (only for SNMPv3)
.TP
.B \-t TIME, \-\-time TIME
set refresh time in seconds [default: 3 sec]
.TP
.B \-w, \-\-webserver
run Glances in Web server mode
.TP
.B \-1, \-\-percpu
start Glances in per CPU mode
.SH INTERACTIVE COMMANDS
You can use the following keys while in Glances:
.TP
.B a
Sort process list automatically
.TP
.B b
Switch between bit/s or Byte/s for network I/O
.TP
.B c
Sort processes by CPU usage
.TP
.B d
Show/hide disk I/O stats
.TP
.B f
Show/hide file system stats
.TP
.B h
Show/hide the help screen
.TP
.B i
Sort processes by I/O rate
.TP
.B l
Show/hide log messages
.TP
.B m
Sort processes by MEM usage
.TP
.B n
Show/hide network stats
.TP
.B p
Sort processes by name
.TP
.B q
Quit
.TP
.B s
Show/hide sensors stats
.TP
.B t
View network I/O as combination
.TP
.B u
View cumulative network I/O
.TP
.B w
Delete finished warning log messages
.TP
.B x
Delete finished warning and critical log messages
.TP
.B z
Show/hide processes stats
.TP
.B z
Show/hide processes list (for low CPU consumption)
.TP
.B 1
Switch between global CPU and per-CPU stats
.SH EXAMPLES
.TP
Refresh information every 5 seconds:
.B glances
\-t 5
.PP
.SH EXIT STATUS
Glances returns a zero exit status if it succeeds to print/grab information.
.PP
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)
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