[Gllug] top-like command for disk io ?

[salsaman]

Elliot Moore wrote:

>
> On 14 Mar 2007, at 11:19, salsaman wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> is there a shell command like "top" which shows which processes are  
>> using most disk io (instead of CPU percentage) ?
>
>
> I know of none and I would love to be educated if there is such a  
> common tool.
>
> heh, in solaris there is dtrace
> This chap talks about a linux version:
>  http://blogs.sun.com/ahl/entry/dtrace_for_linux
>
> Also since you are into music coding:
> http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/os-linuxmusic/ 
> index.html
>
> :O)
>
>

I looked at the dtrace link, and it is only for Linux apps running on 
Solaris.

What I need is a simple program that, when I see the disk light going, I 
can check which process(es) are causing the disk activity.

Gabriel.

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