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Debian/Ubuntu Linux install iotop $ sudo apt-get install iotop How to use iotop command $ sudo iotop OR $ iotop
Supported options by iotop command:
Options | Description | |
–version | show program’s version number and exit | |
-h, –help | show this help message and exit | |
-o, –only | only show processes or threads actually doing I/O | |
-b, –batch | non-interactive mode | |
-n NUM, –iter=NUM | number of iterations before ending [infinite] | |
-d SEC, –delay=SEC | delay between iterations [1 second] | |
-p PID, –pid=PID | processes/threads to monitor [all] | |
-u USER, –user=USER | users to monitor [all] | |
-P, –processes | only show processes, not all threads | |
-a, –accumulated | show accumulated I/O instead of bandwidth | |
-k, –kilobytes | use kilobytes instead of a human friendly unit | |
-t, –time | add a timestamp on each line (implies –batch) | |
-q, –quiet | suppress some lines of header (implies –batch) |
NON-DEMO TASK
Provide a screenshot in which it shows the iotop with only the active processes and one of them being the running script. Then another screenshot after you succeeded to kill it.