tload - graphic representation of system load average
tload prints a graph of the current system load average to the specified tty (or the tty of the tload process if none is specified).
-s, --scale number The scale option allows a vertical scale to be specified for the display (in characters between graph ticks); thus, a smaller value represents a larger scale, and vice versa.
-d, --delay seconds The delay sets the delay between graph updates in seconds .
-h, --help Display this help text.
-V, --version Display version information and exit.
/proc/loadavg load average information
ps (1), top (1), uptime (1), w (1)
The -d delay option sets the time argument for an alarm (2);if -d 0 is specified, the alarm is set to 0, which will never send the SIGALRM and update the display.
Branko Lankester,
David Engel
Michael K. Johnson
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