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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/iostat')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/iostat/iostat.8 | 17 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/iostat/iostat.8 b/usr.sbin/iostat/iostat.8 index 9d80a98..cac8f9a 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/iostat/iostat.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/iostat/iostat.8 @@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ To get information about the current activity, a suitable wait time should be specified, so that the subsequent sets of printed statistics will be averaged over that time. .Pp -.Pp The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width flag .It Fl c @@ -116,10 +115,14 @@ or .Fl T is also specfied to enable the display of CPU or TTY statistics. .It Fl h -Put iostat in +Put +.Nm +in .Sq top mode. -In this mode, iostat will show devices in order from highest to lowest bytes +In this mode, +.Nm +will show devices in order from highest to lowest bytes per measurement cycle. .It Fl I Display total statstics for a given time period, rather than average @@ -256,7 +259,9 @@ will display as many devices as will fit in a standard 80 column screen, or the maximum number of devices in the system, whichever is smaller. If .Fl n -is specified on the command line, iostat will display the smaller of the +is specified on the command line, +.Nm +will display the smaller of the requested number of devices, and the maximum number of devices in the system. To force .Nm @@ -269,7 +274,9 @@ the argument is given on the command line to specify a maximum number of devices to display. If fewer devices are specified on the command line than will fit in an 80 -column screen, iostat will show only the specified devices. +column screen, +.Nm +will show only the specified devices. .Pp The standard .Nm |
