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/usr/bin/tapestat

Performance monitoring tools

From sysstat 12.8.0-r0 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running tapestat --help (exit 1). permalink

Usage: /usr/bin/tapestat [ options ] [ <interval> [ <count> ] ]
Options are:
[ --human ] [ -k | -m | -G ] [ -o JSON ] [ -t ] [ -U ] [ -V ]
[ -y ] [ -z ]
Options (10)
OptionDescriptionSource
-GShow the amount of data written or read in gibibytes per second.man
--humanPrint sizes in human readable format (e.g. 1.0k, 1.2M, etc.) The units displayed with this option supersede any other default units (e.g. kibibytes, sectors...) associated with the metrics.man
-kShow the amount of data written or read in kibibytes per second instead of mebibytes.man
-mShow the amount of data written or read in mebibytes per second instead of kibibytes.man
-o JSONDisplay the statistics in JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) format.man
-tDisplay time stamps.man
-UDisplay timestamp (UTC - Coordinated Universal Time) in seconds from the epoch.man
-VPrint version and exit.man
-yOmit the initial statistic showing values since boot.man
-zTell tapestat to omit output for any tapes for which there was no activity during the sample period.man

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