| htop |
| ==== |
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| by Hisham Muhammad <hisham@gobolinux.org> |
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| May, 2004 - January, 2014 |
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| Note |
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|  **Mac users, [click here](https://www.bountysource.com/fundraisers/554-mac-os-x-support-in-the-official-htop-1-x-tree)!** The htop version you are using is a 5-year old fork -- help bring htop 1.x to the Mac! |
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| Introduction |
| ------------ |
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| This is htop, an interactive process viewer. |
| It requires ncurses. It is tested with Linux 2.6, |
| but is also reported to work (and was originally developed) |
| with the 2.4 series. |
| |
| Note that, while, htop is Linux specific -- it is based |
| on the Linux /proc filesystem -- it is also reported to work |
| with FreeBSD systems featuring a Linux-compatible /proc. |
| This is, however, unsupported. Contact the packager for your |
| system when reporting problems on platforms other than Linux. |
| |
| This software has evolved considerably during the last years, |
| and is reasonably complete, but there is still room for |
| improvement. Read the TODO file to see what's known to be missing. |
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| Comparison between 'htop' and 'top' |
| ----------------------------------- |
| |
| * In 'htop' you can scroll the list vertically and horizontally |
| to see all processes and full command lines. |
| * In 'top' you are subject to a delay for each unassigned |
| key you press (especially annoying when multi-key escape |
| sequences are triggered by accident). |
| * 'htop' starts faster ('top' seems to collect data for a while |
| before displaying anything). |
| * In 'htop' you don't need to type the process number to |
| kill a process, in 'top' you do. |
| * In 'htop' you don't need to type the process number or |
| the priority value to renice a process, in 'top' you do. |
| * In 'htop' you can kill multiple processes at once. |
| * 'top' is older, hence, more tested. |
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| Compilation instructions |
| ------------------------ |
| |
| This program is distributed as a standard autotools-based package. |
| See the INSTALL file for detailed instructions, but you are |
| probably used to the common `./configure`/`make`/`make install` routine. |
| |
| When fetching the code from the development repository, you need |
| to run the `./autogen.sh` script, which in turn requires autotools |
| to be installed. |
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| See the manual page (man htop) or the on-line help ('F1' or 'h' |
| inside htop) for a list of supported key commands. |
| |
| if not all keys work check your curses configuration. |