ttyload – Shows a Color-coded Graph of Linux Load Average in Terminal ============================================================  Download Your Free eBooks NOW - [10 Free Linux eBooks for Administrators][12] | [4 Free Shell Scripting eBooks][13] ttyload is a lightweight utility which is intended to offer a color-coded graph of load averages over time on Linux and other Unix-like systems. It enables a graphical tracking of system load average in a terminal (“tty“). It is known to run on systems such as Linux, IRIX, Solaris, FreeBSD, MacOS X (Darwin) and Isilon OneFS. It is designed to be easy to port to other platforms, but this comes with some hard work. Some of its notable features are: it uses fairly standard, but hard-coded, ANSI escape sequences for screen manipulation and colorization. And also comes with (but doesn’t install, or even build by default) a relatively self-contained load bomb, if you want to view how things work on an otherwise unloaded system. **Suggested Read:** [GoTTY – Share Your Linux Terminal (TTY) as a Web Application][1] In this article, we will show you how to install and use ttyload in Linux to view a color-coded graph of your system load average in a terminal. ### How to Install ttyload in Linux Systems On Debian/Ubuntu based distributions, you can install ttyload from the default system respositores by typing the following [apt-get command][2]. ``` $ sudo apt-get install ttyload ``` On Other Linux distributions you can install ttyload from the source as shown. ``` $ git clone https://github.com/lindes/ttyload.git $ cd ttyload $ make $ ./ttyload $ sudo make install ``` Once installed, you can start it by typing the following command. ``` $ ttyload ``` [![ttyload - Graphical View of Linux Load Average](https://www.tecmint.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ttyload-Graphical-View-of-Linux-Load-Average-.png)][3] ttyload – Graphical View of Linux Load Average Note: To close the program simply press `[Ctrl+C]` keys. You can also define the number of seconds in the interval between refreshes. Default value is 4, and the minimum is 1. ``` $ ttyload -i 5 $ ttyload -i 1 ``` To run it in a monochrome mode which turns off ANSI escapes, use the `-m` as follows. ``` $ ttyload -m ``` [![ttyload - Monochrome Mode](https://www.tecmint.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ttyload-monochrome-mode.png)][4] ttyload – Monochrome Mode To get the ttyload usage info and help, type. ``` $ ttyload -h ``` Below are some of its important features yet to be added: * Support for arbitrary sizing. * Make an X front end using the same basic engine, to have “3xload”. * Logging-oriented mode. For more information, check out the ttyload Homepage: [http://www.daveltd.com/src/util/ttyload/][5] Thats all for now! In this article, we showed you how to install and use ttyload in Linux. Write back to us via the comment section below. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 作者简介： Aaron Kili is a Linux and F.O.S.S enthusiast, an upcoming Linux SysAdmin, web developer, and currently a content creator for TecMint who loves working with computers and strongly believes in sharing knowledge. ------------------- via: https://www.tecmint.com/ttyload-shows-color-coded-graph-of-linux-load-average/ 作者：[Aaron Kili ][a] 译者：[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID) 校对：[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID) 本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创编译，[Linux中国](https://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出 [a]:https://www.tecmint.com/author/aaronkili/ [1]:https://www.tecmint.com/gotty-share-linux-terminal-in-web-browser/ [2]:https://www.tecmint.com/useful-basic-commands-of-apt-get-and-apt-cache-for-package-management/ [3]:https://www.tecmint.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ttyload-Graphical-View-of-Linux-Load-Average-.png [4]:https://www.tecmint.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ttyload-monochrome-mode.png [5]:http://www.daveltd.com/src/util/ttyload/ [6]:https://www.tecmint.com/ttyload-shows-color-coded-graph-of-linux-load-average/# [7]:https://www.tecmint.com/ttyload-shows-color-coded-graph-of-linux-load-average/# [8]:https://www.tecmint.com/ttyload-shows-color-coded-graph-of-linux-load-average/# [9]:https://www.tecmint.com/ttyload-shows-color-coded-graph-of-linux-load-average/# [10]:https://www.tecmint.com/ttyload-shows-color-coded-graph-of-linux-load-average/#comments [11]:https://www.tecmint.com/author/aaronkili/ [12]:https://www.tecmint.com/10-useful-free-linux-ebooks-for-newbies-and-administrators/ [13]:https://www.tecmint.com/free-linux-shell-scripting-books/