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+.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man 2.25 (Pod::Simple 3.16)
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.IX Title "LOADBARS 1"
-.TH LOADBARS 1 "2012-04-20" "loadbars 0.5.3" "User Commands"
+.TH LOADBARS 1 "2012-07-11" "loadbars 0.5.99+nmu3" "User Commands"
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.SH "NAME"
-loadbars \- Small tool to observe server loads
+loadbars \- A small and humble tool to observe server loads
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
-For any program help check out \-\-help on command line or 'h' during program
+.SS "I like flying elephants"
+.IX Subsection "I like flying elephants"
+For any startup params help check out \-\-help on command line or 'h' during program
execution.
+.SS "A few examples however"
+.IX Subsection "A few examples however"
+loadbars \-\-extended 1 \-\-showcores 1 \-\-height 300 \-\-hosts localhost
+.PP
+loadbars \-\-hosts localhost,server1.example.com,server2.example.com
+.PP
+loadbars \-\-cluster foocluster (foocluster is in /etc/clusters [ClusterSSH])
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
Loadbars is a small script that can be used to observe \s-1CPU\s0 loads of several remote servers at once in real time. It connects with \s-1SSH\s0 (using \s-1SSH\s0 public/private key auth) to several servers at once and vizualizes all server CPUs and memory statistics right next each other (either summarized or each core separately). Loadbars is not a tool for collecting \s-1CPU\s0 loads and drawing graphs for later analysis. However, since such tools require a significant amount of time before producing results, Loadbars lets you observe the current state immediately. Loadbars does not remember or record any load information. It just shows the current \s-1CPU\s0 usages like top or vmstat does.
+.SH "INFO"
+.IX Header "INFO"
+.SS "\s-1CPU\s0 stuff"
+.IX Subsection "CPU stuff"
+st = Steal in % [see man proc] (extended), Color: Red
+.PP
+gt = Guest in % [see man proc] (extended), Color: Red
+.PP
+sr = Soft \s-1IRQ\s0 usage in % (extended), Color: White
+.PP
+ir = \s-1IRQ\s0 usage in % (extended), Color: White
+.PP
+io = IOwait cpu sage in %, Color: Purple
+.PP
+id = Idle cpu usage in % (extended), Color: Black
+.PP
+ni = Nice cpu usage in %, Color: Green
+.PP
+us = User cpu usage in %, Color: Yellow, dark yellow if to>50%, orange if to>50%
+.PP
+sy = System cpu sage in %, Color: Blue, lighter blue if >30%
+.PP
+to = Total \s-1CPU\s0 usage, which is (100% \- id)
+.PP
+pk = Max us+sy peak of last avg. samples (extended)
+.PP
+avg = System load average; desc. order: 1, 5 and 15 min. avg.
+.PP
+1px horizontal line: Maximum sy+us+io of last 'avg' samples (extended)
+.PP
+Extended means: text display only if extended mode is turned on
+.SS "Memory stuff"
+.IX Subsection "Memory stuff"
+Ram: System ram usage in %, Color: Dark grey
+.PP
+Swp: System swap usage in %, Color: Grey
+.SS "Network stuff"
+.IX Subsection "Network stuff"
+Rxb: Incoming (received) traffic in %, Color: Light green, normal green if >100% while using low netlink reference. Bar comes from top and is half width.
+.PP
+Txb: Outgoing (transmitted) traffic in %, Color: Light green, normal green if >100% while using low netlink reference. Bar comes from bottom and is half width.
+.PP
+When network bar is red: The interface does not exist on the specific remote host.
+.PP
+\fIConfig file support\fR
+.IX Subsection "Config file support"
+.PP
+Loadbars tries to read ~/.loadbarsrc and it's possible to configure any option you find in \-\-help but without leading '\-\-'. For comments just use the '#' sign. Sample config:
+.Sp
+.RS 4
+showcores=1 # Always show cores on startup
+.Sp
+showtext=0 # Always don't display text on startup
+.Sp
+extended=1 # Always use extended mode on startup
+.RE
+.PP
+will always show all \s-1CPU\s0 cores in extended mode but no text display.
.SH "LICENSE"
.IX Header "LICENSE"
See package description or project website.