This program is a text-mode resource usage graphing program for Linux. It reads various entries (uptime, stat, diskstat, meminfo) from /proc and shows you how much you're using at any given time. Unfortunately, this reliance on /proc means that the app is only known to work on Linux 2.6 kernels. Below is a screenshot of the program in action:
Linux blackbox 2.6.16.14-blackbox #4 PREEMPT Wed May 24 17:18:59 PDT 2006 i686
Uptime: 01:13:23 Activity: 18.86% Load: 0.27 0.53 0.49
S: UUUUUUUUUUUUUUSS-----------------------------------------------------------
Mem: PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPBBBBCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
Swap: -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Programs: 209356K Buffers: 25904K Cache: 275024K Free: 5996K
Lowmem Use: 98.84% Swap Use: 96K (0.01%)
net: R 0/ 8 K/s ------------------------- -------------------------
T 0/ 26 K/s ------------------------- -------------------------
eth1: R 0/ 4 K/s ------------------------- -------------------------
T 0/ 13 K/s ------------------------- -------------------------
wifi0: R 0/ 4 K/s ------------------------- -------------------------
T 0/ 13 K/s ------------------------- -------------------------
disks: R 254/ 612 K/s RRRRRRRRRR--------------- r------------------------
W 0/ 2776 K/s ------------------------- -------------------------
irq: 486/ 617 irq/s ****************************************-----------
0: 250/ 272 irq/s ***********************************************----
1: 0/ 55 irq/s ---------------------------------------------------
5: 46/ 500 irq/s *****----------------------------------------------
9: 0/ 19 irq/s ---------------------------------------------------
11: 61/ 113 irq/s ****************************-----------------------
12: 107/ 221 irq/s *************************--------------------------
14: 1/ 197 irq/s ---------------------------------------------------
15: 17/ 36 irq/s ************************---------------------------
Download the source here: ugh_0.48-1.tar.gz (17K).
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