{"id":13008,"date":"2019-03-30T02:31:45","date_gmt":"2019-03-30T02:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/?p=13008"},"modified":"2019-03-30T02:31:45","modified_gmt":"2019-03-30T02:31:45","slug":"ttyload-shows-a-color-coded-graph-of-linux-load-average-in-terminal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2019\/03\/30\/ttyload-shows-a-color-coded-graph-of-linux-load-average-in-terminal\/","title":{"rendered":"ttyload \u2013 Shows a Color-coded Graph of Linux Load Average in Terminal"},"content":{"rendered":"

ttyload<\/strong>\u00a0is a lightweight utility which is intended to offer a color-coded graph of load averages over time on Linux and other Unix-like systems. It enables a graphical tracking of system load average in a terminal (\u201ctty<\/strong>\u201c).<\/p>\n

It is known to run on systems such as Linux, IRIX, Solaris, FreeBSD, MacOS X (Darwin) and Isilon OneFS. It is designed to be easy to port to other platforms, but this comes with some hard work.<\/p>\n

Some of its notable features are: it uses fairly standard, but hard-coded, ANSI escape sequences for screen manipulation and colorization. And also comes with (but doesn\u2019t install, or even build by default) a relatively self-contained load bomb, if you want to view how things work on an otherwise unloaded system.<\/p>\n

Suggested Read:<\/b>\u00a0GoTTY \u2013 Share Your Linux Terminal (TTY) as a Web Application<\/a><\/p>\n

In this article, we will show you how to install and use\u00a0ttyload<\/strong>\u00a0in Linux to view a color-coded graph of your system load average in a terminal.<\/p>\n

How to Install ttyload in Linux Systems<\/h3>\n

On Debian\/Ubuntu based distributions, you can install\u00a0ttyload<\/strong>\u00a0from the default system respositores by typing the following\u00a0apt-get command<\/a>.<\/p>\n

$ sudo apt-get install ttyload\r\n<\/pre>\n
On Other Linux distributions you can install\u00a0ttyload<\/strong>\u00a0from the source as shown.<\/p>\n
$ git clone https:\/\/github.com\/lindes\/ttyload.git\r\n$ cd ttyload\r\n$ make\r\n$ .\/ttyload\r\n$ sudo make install\r\n<\/pre>\n
Once installed, you can start it by typing the following command.<\/p>\n
$ ttyload\r\n<\/pre>\n
\n
\"ttyload<\/a><\/p>\n
ttyload \u2013 Graphical View of Linux Load Average<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Note<\/strong>: To close the program simply press\u00a0[Ctrl+C]<\/code>\u00a0keys.<\/p>\n
You can also define the number of seconds in the interval between refreshes. Default value is 4, and the minimum is 1.<\/p>\n
$ ttyload -i 5\r\n$ ttyload -i 1\r\n<\/pre>\n
To run it in a monochrome mode which turns off ANSI escapes, use the\u00a0-m<\/code>\u00a0as follows.<\/p>\n
$ ttyload -m\r\n<\/pre>\n
\n
\"ttyload<\/a><\/p>\n
ttyload \u2013 Monochrome Mode<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
To get the ttyload usage info and help, type.<\/p>\n
$ ttyload -h \r\n<\/pre>\n
Below are some of its important features yet to be added:<\/p>\n