Iotop

Iotop is an open source command-line software written in Python, that features a top-like UI (user interface), which can be used to display which process is the I/O going on.

The Iotop project requires Python ≥ 2.5 and Linux kernel ≥ 2.6.20.

What is new in this release:

• Clean up the terminal on exit
• Stop busy looping on exit in certain conditions
• Restored UTF-8 support with python2
• Fixed install scripts to install to sbin/ instead of bin/
• Releases are now gpg signed with key "4096R/4D23A27E 2013-05-26"

What is new in version 0.5:

• Adapt the display to the maximum pid width
• Include both total and actual disk bandwidth in the summary
• Conversion to Python 3
• Installation to sbin instead of bin

What is new in version 0.4.4:

• Cosmetic fixes, including a better error message when missing root credentials

What is new in version 0.4.3:

• The netlink message parsing code was fixed to accept alignment padding.
• UTF-8 output is now forced even if the locale is misconfigured.
• The semantic of the 'a' key was changed to show stats since iotop was started.

What is new in version 0.4.2:

• There is a workaround for an ncurses bug where UTF-8 strings are misprinted.
• Ioprio support for the armel and hppa architectures was added.
• A possible incompatibility with Linux 2.6.37 on 64-bit systems was fixed.
• Iotop does not crash anymore when the locale is incorrectly configured.

What is new in version 0.4.1:

• Fixed a portability bug.
• Missing requirements are better reported.

What is new in version 0.3.1:

• Fixed the ioprio syscall detection when running on i386/x86_64
• Fixed interaction between --accumulated and --only
• Fixed column sorting with --accumulated

What is new in version 0.3:

• -P is now fully implemented and is dynamically toggled with 'p'
• Show the I/O priority
• Added the --accumulated, --kilobytes, --time and --quiet options

Requirements:

• Python