iotop utility in Linux: assignment + installation

The iotop utility is a command-line tool in Linux designed to monitor and display input/output (I/O) activity on your system. It allows you to monitor in real time the processes that consume the largest amount of disk activity.

IOTOP Features

Some key features of iotop include:

1. Displaying processes sorted by I/O usage.
2. Displaying the total I/O activity for each process.
3. Support for filtering by process, user, or user group.
4. Showing the current I/O speed for each process.
5. The ability to stop, pause or resume I/O monitoring for selected processes.

The iotop utility can be useful for identifying processes that significantly load the system with I/O, as well as for identifying any possible bottlenecks in the system associated with disk or I/O. To install iotop in various Linux distributions, use special commands.

Debian/Ubuntu and its derivatives

sudo apt-get install iotop

Fedora

sudo dnf install iotop

CentOS/RHEL

sudo yum install iotop

After installation, you can run iotop from the command line using the command:

sudo iotop

Please note that you may need superuser (root) rights to run iotop.

How do I delete the program?

To remove the installed Iotop package on Linux, you can use the apt-get or yum command, depending on your distribution.

Debian/Ubuntu

1. Open the terminal.
2. Type the command `sudo apt-get remove iotop` and press Enter.
3. Enter the administrator password (root) if required.
4. Confirm the deletion by entering "y" if required.
5. Wait until the deletion process is completed.

CentOS/Fedora

1. Open the terminal.
2. Type the command `sudo yum remove iotop` and press Enter.
3. Enter the administrator password (root).
4. Confirm the deletion by entering "y" if required.
5. Wait until the deletion process is completed.

After completing these steps, the Iotop package should be completely removed from your system.