Command Reference
Command-Line Options
- -h, --help
show this help message and exit
- -V, --version
show program’s version number and exit
- -d, --debug
enable debug mode
- -C CONF_FILE, --config CONF_FILE
path to the configuration file
- --modules-list
display modules (plugins & exports) list and exit
- --disable-plugin PLUGIN
disable PLUGIN (comma separated list)
- --enable-plugin PLUGIN
enable PLUGIN (comma separated list)
- --stdout PLUGINS_STATS
display stats to stdout (comma separated list of plugins/plugins.attribute)
- --export EXPORT
enable EXPORT module (comma separated list)
- --export-csv-file EXPORT_CSV_FILE
file path for CSV exporter
- --export-json-file EXPORT_JSON_FILE
file path for JSON exporter
- --disable-process
disable process module (reduce Glances CPU consumption)
- --disable-webui
disable the Web UI (only the RESTful API will respond)
- --light, --enable-light
light mode for Curses UI (disable all but top menu)
- -0, --disable-irix
task’s CPU usage will be divided by the total number of CPUs
- -1, --percpu
start Glances in per CPU mode
- -2, --disable-left-sidebar
disable network, disk I/O, FS and sensors modules
- -3, --disable-quicklook
disable quick look module
- -4, --full-quicklook
disable all but quick look and load
- -5, --disable-top
disable top menu (QuickLook, CPU, MEM, SWAP and LOAD)
- -6, --meangpu
start Glances in mean GPU mode
- --enable-history
enable the history mode
- --disable-bold
disable bold mode in the terminal
- --disable-bg
disable background colors in the terminal
- --enable-process-extended
enable extended stats on top process
- -c CLIENT, --client CLIENT
connect to a Glances server by IPv4/IPv6 address, hostname or hostname:port
- -s, --server
run Glances in server mode
- --browser
start the client browser (list of servers)
- --disable-autodiscover
disable autodiscover feature
- -p PORT, --port PORT
define the client/server TCP port [default: 61209]
- -B BIND_ADDRESS, --bind BIND_ADDRESS
bind server to the given IPv4/IPv6 address or hostname
- --username
define a client/server username
- --password
define a client/server password
- --snmp-community SNMP_COMMUNITY
SNMP community
- --snmp-port SNMP_PORT
SNMP port
- --snmp-version SNMP_VERSION
SNMP version (1, 2c or 3)
- --snmp-user SNMP_USER
SNMP username (only for SNMPv3)
- --snmp-auth SNMP_AUTH
SNMP authentication key (only for SNMPv3)
- --snmp-force
force SNMP mode
- -t TIME, --time TIME
set refresh time in seconds [default: 3 sec]
- -w, --webserver
run Glances in web server mode (bottle lib needed)
- --cached-time CACHED_TIME
set the server cache time [default: 1 sec]
- open-web-browser
try to open the Web UI in the default Web browser
- -q, --quiet
do not display the curses interface
- -f PROCESS_FILTER, --process-filter PROCESS_FILTER
set the process filter pattern (regular expression)
- --process-short-name
force short name for processes name
- --hide-kernel-threads
hide kernel threads in process list (not available on Windows)
- -b, --byte
display network rate in byte per second
- --diskio-show-ramfs
show RAM FS in the DiskIO plugin
- --diskio-iops
show I/O per second in the DiskIO plugin
- --fahrenheit
display temperature in Fahrenheit (default is Celsius)
- --fs-free-space
display FS free space instead of used
- --theme-white
optimize display colors for white background
- --disable-check-update
disable online Glances version ckeck
Interactive Commands
The following commands (key pressed) are supported while in Glances:
ENTER
Set the process filter
Note
On macOS please use
CTRL-H
to delete filter.Filter is a regular expression pattern:
gnome
: matches all processes starting with thegnome
string.*gnome.*
: matches all processes containing thegnome
string
a
Sort process list automatically
If CPU
>70%
, sort processes by CPU usageIf MEM
>70%
, sort processes by MEM usageIf CPU iowait
>60%
, sort processes by I/O read and write
A
Enable/disable Application Monitoring Process
b
Switch between bit/s or Byte/s for network I/O
B
View disk I/O counters per second
c
Sort processes by CPU usage
d
Show/hide disk I/O stats
D
Enable/disable Docker stats
e
Enable/disable top extended stats
E
Erase current process filter
f
Show/hide file system and folder monitoring stats
F
Switch between file system used and free space
g
Generate graphs for current history
h
Show/hide the help screen
i
Sort processes by I/O rate
I
Show/hide IP module
k
Show/hide TCP connections
l
Show/hide log messages
m
Sort processes by MEM usage
M
Reset processes summary min/max
n
Show/hide network stats
N
Show/hide current time
p
Sort processes by name
q|ESC|CTRL-C
Quit the current Glances session
Q
Show/hide IRQ module
r
Reset history
R
Show/hide RAID plugin
s
Show/hide sensors stats
t
Sort process by CPU times (TIME+)
T
View network I/O as combination
u
Sort processes by USER
U
View cumulative network I/O
w
Delete finished warning log messages
W
Show/hide Wifi module
x
Delete finished warning and critical log messages
z
Show/hide processes stats
0
Enable/disable Irix/Solaris mode
Task’s CPU usage will be divided by the total number of CPUs
1
Switch between global CPU and per-CPU stats
2
Enable/disable left sidebar
3
Enable/disable the quick look module
4
Enable/disable all but quick look and load module
5
Enable/disable top menu (QuickLook, CPU, MEM, SWAP and LOAD)
6
Enable/disable mean GPU mode
/
Switch between process command line or command name
F5
Refresh stats in curses user interface
In the Glances client browser (accessible through the --browser
command line argument):
ENTER
Run the selected server
UP
Up in the servers list
DOWN
Down in the servers list
q|ESC
Quit Glances