nettop — Display
updated information about the network
nettop |
[-ncd] [-m
<mode>] [-t
<type>] [-s
<seconds>] [-p
<process-name|pid>]
[-n] [-l
<samples>] [-L
<samples>] [-P]
[-j|k|J
<column-name[,column-name]...>] |
The nettop program displays a list of
sockets or routes. The counts for network structures are updated
periodically. While the program is running the following keys may be
used:
q- Quit
Up
Arrow- Scroll up
Down
Arrow- Scroll down
Right
Arrow- Scroll Right
Left
Arrow- Scroll Left
d- Toggle delta output
r- Redraw screen
x- Toggle human readable numbers
e- Expand all
c- Collapse all
h- Bring up the help menu
j- Bring up the column selection menu. In this mode you can enable/disable
columns and change their order.
p- Bring up the process selection menu. In this mode you can enable/disable
processes for display.
l- Change to logging mode, redisplay the current data, and quit.
A list of flags and their descriptions:
-m
<mode>- Specify the mode. By default, nettop will monitor TCP and UDP sockets. The
following modes are supported:
tcp- Only TCP sockets will be monitored
udp- Only UDP sockets will be monitored
route- Instead of sockets, the routing table will be monitored
-t
<type>- Specify the type of interface. By default, all interfaces will be
monitored. Multiple interface types may be specified. The following types
are supported:
wifi- WiFi interfaces
wired- Wired interfaces
loopback- Loopback interfaces
awdl- Apple Wireless Direct Link interfaces
expensive- Interfaces marked as "expensive", for example via
hotspot
undefined- Cases where the underlying socket is not associated with an
interface
external- The combination of all defined non-loopback interfaces.
-n- Disable address to name resolution
-c- Less intensive use of the CPU - draws less often
-d- Delta mode
-x- Extended display of numbers instead of human readable suffixes such as
MiB
-P- Display per-process summary only, skipping details of open connections.
This is equivalent to selecting "Collapse All" in the
interactive menu.
-s
<delay>- Set the delay between updates to <delay> seconds. The default delay
between updates is 1 second.
-l
<samples>- Use logging mode and display <samples> samples, even if standard
output is a terminal. 0 is treated as infinity. Rather than redisplaying,
output is periodically printed in raw form.
-L
<samples>- Use logging mode and display <samples> samples, even if standard
output is a terminal. Output will be in comma-separated values (CSV) form.
0 is treated as infinity. Rather than redisplaying, output is periodically
printed in raw form.
-p
<process-name|pid>- Select a process for display. A numeric argument identifies a process by
its pid. Alternatively a process name may be given, in which case all
processes with that name will be displayed. The name must be an exact
match for the name displayed by nettop, which may require that the name be
truncated, for example launchd.develop instead of launchd.development. The
option may be repeated to select multiple processes.
-j
<column name list>- Specifiy a list of column headings to be included in the display. List
items are separated by commas. For example, -j uuid,rtt_var
-J
<column name list>- Specifiy a list of column headings that are to be the only ones included
in the display. List items are separated by commas. For example, -j
uuid,rtt_var. The ordering is currently as per nettop default, but may
change in future revisions to match the order of the supplied column
names. For future compatibility it is recommended that any names supplied
here are given an order that matches the output.
-k
<column name list>- Specifiy a list of column headings to be excluded from the display. List
items are separated by commas. For example, -k rcvsize,rtt_avg