Graphic representation of system load average
tload [options] [tty]
tload prints a graph of the current system load average to the specified tty (or the tty of the tload process if none is specified).
-s, --scale number
The scale option allows a vertical scale to be specified for the display (in characters between graph ticks); thus, a smaller value represents a larger scale, and vice versa.
-d, --delay seconds
The delay sets the delay between graph updates in seconds.
-h, --help
Display this help text.
-V, --version
Display version information and exit.
/proc/loadavg load average information
ps(1), top(1), uptime(1), w(1)
The -d delay option sets the time argument for an alarm(2); if -d 0 is specified, the alarm is set to 0, which will never send the SIGALRM and update the display.
Branko Lankester,
David Engel
Michael K. Johnson
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