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Btop++ System Monitoring Tool For Linux
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This article will a dedicated command line utility that can be used for monitoring system resource consumption on your Linux system. Simply termed as “Btop++”, the tool has been written in C++ programming language, switching from its earlier iterations written in Bash and Python programming languages. Since it can run in a terminal emulator, this app is specially suitable for Linux distributions that come without any graphical desktop environments, Linux servers and headless Linux systems. Previous iterations of Btop++ were known as “Bashtop” and “Bpytop”.



Main Features of Btop++

Btop++ is a cross-platform command line utility and it can run on Linux, Windows and macOS. It comes with support for mouse controls so that you can fully navigate it through mouse inputs only. Btop++ comes with a handful of layout presets that you can use to quickly change the look and feel of it. You can configure its various options using a built-in preferences menu that works in the terminal itself. It includes an option to show both summarized and detailed stats. Other main features of Btop++ include its ability to sort and filter processes, a built-in tree-view layout, graphs and plots showing overtime consumption of resources, battery indicator, colored output, vim style keyboard shortcuts, customizable themes, and a built-in clock.

Changing Btop++ Layout using Presets

Depending on the source of installation, Btop++ comes with three or more predefined layout presets and it allows you to quickly change the structure of Btop++ system monitor using these presets. To do so, click on the “preset” button located on the top toolbar to cycle between various available presets.

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Configuring Btop++

You can easily configure and customize Btop++ using its built-in configuration menu. To do so, click on the “menu” button located on the top toolbar.

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You will get a small popup within the terminal window. Click on the “OPTIONS” menu entry.

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A detailed configuration window will be shown on screen. Just navigate through the tabs on the left side to change various settings for Btop++.

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Sorting and Filtering Data

In order to sort and filter tabular data presented in Btop++, you will need to click on small header buttons located just above various columns in the tabular data. For instance, to filter the running processes, you will need to click on the “filter” button, located just above one of the columns in tabular data (as shown in the screenshot below):

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To sort results, you will need to click on “<” and ” >” arrow symbols located near one of the column headers (as shown in the screenshot below). You can change sort order by clicking on the “reverse” button.

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You can click on any column header on any grid to sort and filter items interactively.

Conclusion

Btop++ is a comprehensive system monitoring tool that can be used to keep track of resource consumption on your Linux system. It comes with a user-friendly, terminal based user interface that can be controlled and navigated through both keyboard and mouse inputs. You can also change its look and feel using customizable themes and layout presets.

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