TLOAD(1) General Commands Manual TLOAD(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

tload - graphic representation of system load average

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**tload** \[*option* ...] \[*tty*]

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

**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).

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

[**-s**, **--scale** *number*](#s)

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*](#d)

The delay sets the delay between graph updates in *seconds*.

[**-h**, **--help**](#h)

Display this help text.

[**-V**, **--version**](#V)

Display version information and exit.

# [FILES](#FILES)

*/proc/loadavg* load average information

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**ps**(1)](/man/os/procps/ps.1), [**top**(1)](/man/os/procps/top.1), [**uptime**(1)](/man/os/procps/uptime.1), [**w**(1)](/man/os/procps/w.1)

# [BUGS](#BUGS)

The **-d delay** option sets the time argument for an [**alarm**(2)](/man/os/procps/alarm.2); if -d 0 is specified, the alarm is set to 0, which will never send the **SIGALRM** and update the display.

# [AUTHORS](#AUTHORS)

Branko Lankester, [David Engel](mailto:david@ods.com), and [Michael K. Johnson](mailto:johnsonm@redhat.com).

# [REPORTING BUGS](#REPORTING_BUGS)

Please send bug reports to [procps@freelists.org](mailto:procps@freelists.org).

2020-06-04 procps-ng

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Document: tload(1) from procps 4.0.7-r2 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/procps-ng/Production/procps-ng-4.0.7.tar.xz