atop

An interactive monitor to view the load on system level and process level.

Runs as atop|Linux|www.atoptool.nl

Command form

ai-draft · 2 tasks · 7 fields

Write system and process statistics to an atop raw file, or replay one over a time window. The interactive display flags are left out.

Opens the form; the finished command lands at your prompt, unrun

Run in Otty

otty gui atop

Record or replay a raw logExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal

Basic

Write raw file*

file

Advanced

Interval (seconds)

integer

Number of samples

integer

Finish before midnight

-S

TasksEach one presets the form for one job

Record to a raw file

writeintervalsamplesfinish_midnight

Replay a time window

readbeginend

ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form

Write raw file

Appends to the file when it already exists.
path

-w

Read raw file

path

-r

Begin time

Form [YYYYMMDD]hhmm[ss].
string

-b

End time

Form [YYYYMMDD]hhmm[ss].
string

-e

Finish before midnight

boolean

-S

Interval (seconds)

integer · positional 0

Number of samples

integer · positional 1

SourcesEvery flag above is checked against these

man

atop -w rawfile [-a] [-S] [interval [samples]] atop -r [rawfile|yyy...] [-b [YYYYMMDD]hhmm[ss]] [-e [YYYYMMDD]hhmm[ss]] store the system and process level statistics in compressed binary format in a raw file with the flag -w followed by the filename. The interval (default: 10 seconds) and number of samples (default: infinite) can be passed as last arguments.…

manualmaster 2026-10-27

github.com

Before it fills your prompt, Otty checks the installed atop against its version. A form that does not match your version is not offered.