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btop Keyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts for btop, the modern resource monitor written in C++. Press F1 or h within btop to view the built-in help menu.
General
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
F1, h | Show help menu |
F2, o | Show options menu |
Esc, m | Toggle main menu |
q, Ctrl+C | Quit btop |
p | Cycle view presets |
+, - | Add/subtract 100ms to/from update timer |
Ctrl+Z | Sleep program and put in background |
Box Visibility
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
1 | Toggle CPU box |
2 | Toggle MEM box |
3 | Toggle NET box |
4 | Toggle PROC box |
d | Toggle disks view in MEM box |
i | Toggle disks I/O mode with big graphs |
Process List
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
Up, Down | Select in process list |
Enter | Show detailed information for selected process |
Spacebar | Expand/collapse the selected process in tree view |
Pg Up, Pg Down | Jump 1 page in process list |
Home, End | Jump to first or last page in process list |
Left, Right | Select previous/next sorting column |
e | Toggle processes tree view |
r | Reverse sorting order in processes box |
f | Enter a process filter |
Delete | Clear any entered filter |
c | Toggle per-core CPU usage of processes |
Process Actions (with process selected)
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
t | Terminate selected process with SIGTERM (signal 15) |
k | Kill selected process with SIGKILL (signal 9) |
s | Select or enter signal to send to process |
+, - | Expand/collapse the selected process in tree view |
Network
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
b, n | Select previous/next network device |
z | Toggle totals reset for current network device |
a | Toggle auto scaling for the network graphs |
y | Toggle synced scaling mode for network graphs |
Mouse
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
Mouse 1 | Clicks buttons and selects in process list |
Mouse scroll | Scrolls any scrollable list/text under cursor |