iotop Command Examples
Display a table of current I/O usage by processes or threads. More information: https://manned.org/iotop.
- Start top-like I/O monitor:
sudo iotop
- Show only processes or threads actually doing I/O:
sudo iotop {{[-o|--only]}}
- Show I/O usage in non-interactive mode:
sudo iotop {{[-b|--batch]}}
- Show only I/O usage of processes (default is to show all threads):
sudo iotop {{[-P|--processes]}}
- Show I/O usage of given PID(s):
sudo iotop {{[-p|--pid]}} {{PID}}
- Show I/O usage of a given user:
sudo iotop {{[-u|--user]}} {{user}}
- Show accumulated I/O instead of bandwidth:
sudo iotop {{[-a|--accumulated]}}