Command-line Options

The following options can be provided to bottom in the command line to change the behaviour of the program. You can also see information on these options by running btm -h, or run btm --help to display more detailed information on each option:

General Options

Option	Behaviour
`--autohide_time`	Temporarily shows the time scale in graphs.
`-b, --basic`	Hides graphs and uses a more basic look.
`-C, --config <CONFIG PATH>`	Sets the location of the config file.
`-t, --default_time_value <TIME>`	Default time value for graphs.
`--default_widget_count <N>`	Sets the N'th selected widget type as the default.
`--default_widget_type <WIDGET>`	Sets the default widget type, use `--help` for info.
`--disable_click`	Disables mouse clicks.
`-m, --dot_marker`	Uses a dot marker for graphs.
`-e, --expanded`	Expand the default widget upon starting the app.
`--hide_table_gap`	Hides spacing between table headers and entries.
`--hide_time`	Hides the time scale from being shown.
`-r, --rate <TIME>`	Sets how often data is refreshed.
`--retention <TIME>`	How far back data will be stored up to.
`--show_table_scroll_position`	Shows the scroll position tracker in table widgets.
`-d, --time_delta <TIME>`	The amount of time changed upon zooming.

Process Options

Option	Behaviour
`-S, --case_sensitive`	Enables case sensitivity by default.
`-u, --current_usage`	Calculates process CPU usage as a percentage of current usage rather than total usage.
`--disable_advanced_kill`	Hides additional stopping options Unix-like systems.
`-g, --group_processes`	Groups processes with the same name by default.
`--process_memory_as_value`	Defaults to showing process memory usage by value.
`--process_command`	Shows the full command name instead of the process name by default.
`-R, --regex`	Enables regex by default while searching.
`-T, --tree`	Makes the process widget use tree mode by default.
`-n, --unnormalized_cpu`	Show process CPU% usage without averaging over the number of CPU cores.
`-W, --whole_word`	Enables whole-word matching by default while searching.

Temperature Options

Option	Behaviour
`-c, --celsius`	Use Celsius as the temperature unit. Default.
`-f, --fahrenheit`	Use Fahrenheit as the temperature unit.
`-k, --kelvin`	Use Kelvin as the temperature unit.

CPU Options

Option	Behaviour
`--cpu_left_legend`	Puts the CPU chart legend on the left side.
`--default_cpu_entry`	Sets which CPU entry type is selected by default.
`-a, --hide_avg_cpu`	Hides the average CPU usage entry.

Memory Options

Option	Behaviour
`--memory_legend <POSITION>`	Where to place the legend for the memory chart widget.
`--enable_cache_memory`	Enable collecting and displaying cache and buffer memory.

Network Options

Option	Behaviour
`--network_legend <POSITION>`	Where to place the legend for the network chart widget.
`--network_use_bytes`	Displays the network widget using bytes.
`--network_use_binary_prefix`	Displays the network widget with binary prefixes.
`--network_use_log`	Displays the network widget with a log scale.
`--use_old_network_legend`	(DEPRECATED) Uses a separate network legend.

Battery Options

Option	Behaviour
`--battery`	Shows the battery widget in non-custom layouts.

GPU Options

Option	Behaviour
`--enable_gpu`	Enable collecting and displaying GPU usage.

Style Options

Option	Behaviour
`--theme <SCHEME>`	Use a built-in color theme, use '--help' for info on the colors.

Other Options

Option	Behaviour
`-h`, `--help`	Prints help info (for more details use `--help`.)
`-V`, `--version`	Prints version information.