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iostat:tldr:8fe95
iostat: Display a report of CPU and disk statistics with units converted to megabytes.
$ iostat -m
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The command "iostat -m" is used to display the input/output statistics for disk devices in megabytes per second (MB/s). Here's a breakdown of the command: - "iostat": refers to the input/output statistics tool in Linux, used to monitor system I/O performance.
- "-m": a flag that modifies the output format to display the statistics in megabytes per second instead of the default (kilobytes per second). When you run this command, it will show you the statistics for things like disk utilization, disk read/write rates, and other I/O-related data for each device on your system, all measured in megabytes per second.
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