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.\" @(#)iostat.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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.Dd June 6, 1993
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.Dt IOSTAT 8
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.Os BSD 4
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm iostat
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.Nd report
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.Tn I/O
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statistics
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm iostat
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.Op Fl c Ar count
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.Op Fl M Ar core
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.Op Fl N Ar system
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.Op Fl w Ar wait
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.Op Ar drives
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm Iostat
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displays kernel
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.Tn I/O
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statistics on terminal, disk and cpu
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operations.
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.Pp
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width flag
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.It Fl c
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Repeat the display
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.Ar count
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times.
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The first display is for the time since a reboot and each subsequent
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report is for the time period since the last display.
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If no
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.Ar wait
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interval is specified, the default is 1 second.
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.It Fl M
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Extract values associated with the name list from the specified core
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instead of the default
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.Dq Pa /dev/kmem .
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.It Fl N
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Extract the name list from the specified system instead of the default
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.Dq Pa /kernel .
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.It Fl w
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Pause
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.Ar wait
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seconds between each display.
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If no repeat
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.Ar count
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is specified, the default is infinity.
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.El
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.Pp
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.Nm Iostat
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displays its information in the following format:
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.Bl -tag -width flag
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.It tty
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.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
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.It tin
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characters read from terminals
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.It tout
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characters written to terminals
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.El
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.It disks
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Disk operations (this field is system dependent).
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The header of the field is the disk name and unit number.
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If more than four disk drives are configured in the system,
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.Nm iostat
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displays only the first four drives.
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To force
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.Nm iostat
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to display specific drives, their names may be supplied on the command
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line.
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
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.It sps
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sectors transferred per second
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.It tps
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transfers per second
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.It msps
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milliseconds per average seek (including implied
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seeks and rotational latency)
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.El
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.It cpu
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.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
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.It \&us
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% of cpu time in user mode
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.It \&ni
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% of cpu time in user mode running niced processes
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.It \&sy
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% of cpu time in system mode
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.It \&in
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% of cpu time in interrupt mode
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.It \&id
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% of cpu time in idle mode
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.El
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.El
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /dev/kmem -compact
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.It Pa /kernel
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Default kernel namelist.
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.It Pa /dev/kmem
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Default memory file.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr fstat 1 ,
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.Xr netstat 1 ,
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.Xr nfsstat 1 ,
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.Xr ps 1 ,
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.Xr systat 1 ,
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.Xr pstat 8 ,
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.Xr vmstat 8
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.Pp
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The sections starting with ``Interpreting system activity'' in
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.%T "Installing and Operating 4.3BSD" .
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