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htop
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by Hisham Muhammad <hisham@gobolinux.org>
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2004 - 2015
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Introduction
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This is htop, an interactive process viewer.
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It requires ncurses. It is developed primarily on Linux,
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but we also have code for running under FreeBSD and Mac OS X
(help and testing are wanted for these platforms!)
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This software has evolved considerably over the years,
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and is reasonably complete, but there is always room for improvement.
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Comparison between 'htop' and classic 'top'
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* 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
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This program is distributed as a standard autotools-based package.
See the INSTALL file for detailed instructions, but you are
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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.