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_location <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 more info.
--disable_click	Disables mouse clicks.
--disable_keys	Disables keyboard shortcuts, INCLUDING the ones that stop
	bottom.
-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 list scroll position tracker in the widget title
	for 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 when searching.
-u, --current_usage	Calculates process CPU usage as a percentage of current usage rather than total usage.
--disable_advanced_kill	Hides additional stopping options on Unix-like systems.
--read_only	Prevents performing any actions that affect the system (e.g. stopping processes).
--get_threads	Also gather process thread information.
-g, --group_processes	Groups processes with the same name by default. No effect if --tree is set.
--hide_k_threads	Hide kernel threads 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.
--tree_collapse	Collapse process tree 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.
--free_arc	Subtract freeable ARC from 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
--disable_gpu	Disable collecting and displaying NVIDIA and AMD GPU information.

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.