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These posts are small bits of information for applications that I feel are worth noting.

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Format Correctly in Windows Putty Session

[root]$ NCURSES_NO_UTF8_ACS=1 iftop -i eth0

Config File Examples

Edit the config file on Ubuntu (and probably Debian) boxes:

[user]$ vim ~/.config/htop/htoprc

Edit the file on CentOS (and probably RHEL) boxes:

[user]$ vim ~/.htoprc

Config for 8-Core Boxes

# Beware! This file is rewritten by htop when settings are changed in the interface.
# The parser is also very primitive, and not human-friendly.
fields=0 48 17 18 38 39 40 2 46 47 49 1
sort_key=46
sort_direction=1
hide_threads=0
hide_kernel_threads=1
hide_userland_threads=0
shadow_other_users=0
show_thread_names=0
highlight_base_name=0
highlight_megabytes=1
highlight_threads=0
tree_view=0
header_margin=1
detailed_cpu_time=0
cpu_count_from_zero=0
update_process_names=0
color_scheme=0
delay=15
left_meters=CPU AllCPUs2 Memory Swap
left_meter_modes=1 1 1 1
right_meters=Hostname Tasks LoadAverage Uptime Clock Battery
right_meter_modes=2 2 2 2 2 2