James Barrett on 18 Sep 2007 21:46:46 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] iptraf and a replacement for top


On Tuesday 18 September 2007 17:26, Eric wrote:
> I was just shown iptraf over the weekend and it seems like a very useful
> program for network analysis and monitoring from the console.  I wish I'd
> heard of it before now.
>
> Does anybody know of a similar useful console based program to look at the
> state of the operating system?  I'm thinking something like "top" but with
> a better looking interface.  What do the wizard sysadmins use?  :-)
>
> Eric

htop is a pretty good replacement for top.  I also use iftop, which is geared 
towards the networking end of things.

-Jim
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