This repository was archived by the owner on Sep 8, 2020. It is now read-only.
Repository navigation
Expand file tree
/
Copy pathREADME
More file actions
61 lines (43 loc) · 2.14 KB
/
Copy pathREADME
File metadata and controls
61 lines (43 loc) · 2.14 KB
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
[](https://travis-ci.org/hishamhm/htop)
[](http://hisham.hm/htop/index.php?page=donate)
[htop](http://hisham.hm/htop/)
====
by Hisham Muhammad <hisham@gobolinux.org> (2004 - 2016)
Introduction
------------
This is `htop`, an interactive process viewer.
It requires `ncurses`. It is developed primarily on Linux,
but we also have code for running under FreeBSD and Mac OS X
(help and testing are wanted for these platforms!)
This software has evolved considerably over the years,
and is reasonably complete, but there is always room for improvement.
Comparison between `htop` and classic `top`
-------------------------------------------
* 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.
Compilation instructions
------------------------
This program is distributed as a standard autotools-based package.
See the [INSTALL](/INSTALL) file for detailed instructions.
When compiling from a [release tarball](https://hisham.hm/htop/releases/), run:
./configure && make
For compiling sources downloaded from the Git repository, run:
./autogen.sh && ./configure && make
By default `make install` will install into `/usr/local`, for changing
the path use `./configure --prefix=/some/path`.
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.
## License
GNU General Public License, version 2 (GPL-2.0)