can iostat _really_ behave like top ?

2006-07-08 Thread Ensel Sharon
When I run `top`, I get a single screen (ncurses ?) that refreshes itself _in place_. However, when I run iostat in top mode: iostat -h -w 1 it does not refresh in place, rather it creates line after line, eventually scrolling off the screen, etc. Is there any way to use iostat like top, so I

Re: can iostat _really_ behave like top ?

2006-07-08 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Jul 08), Ensel Sharon said: When I run `top`, I get a single screen (ncurses ?) that refreshes itself _in place_. However, when I run iostat in top mode: iostat -h -w 1 it does not refresh in place, rather it creates line after line, eventually scrolling off the