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Flags

!!! Warning

This section is in progress, and is just copied from the old documentation.

Most of the command line flags have config file equivalents to avoid having to type them out each time:

Field	Type	Functionality
hide_avg_cpu	Boolean	Hides the average CPU usage.
dot_marker	Boolean	Uses a dot marker for graphs.
left_legend	Boolean	Puts the CPU chart legend to the left side.
current_usage	Boolean	Sets process CPU% to be based on current CPU%.
group_processes	Boolean	Groups processes with the same name by default.
case_sensitive	Boolean	Enables case sensitivity by default.
whole_word	Boolean	Enables whole-word matching by default.
regex	Boolean	Enables regex by default.
basic	Boolean	Hides graphs and uses a more basic look.
use_old_network_legend	Boolean	DEPRECATED - uses the older network legend.
battery	Boolean	Shows the battery widget.
rate	Unsigned Int (represents milliseconds)	Sets a refresh rate in ms.
default_time_value	Unsigned Int (represents milliseconds)	Default time value for graphs in ms.
time_delta	Unsigned Int (represents milliseconds)	The amount in ms changed upon zooming.
hide_time	Boolean	Hides the time scale.
temperature_type	String (one of ["k", "f", "c", "kelvin", "fahrenheit", "celsius"])	Sets the temperature unit type.
default_widget_type	String (one of ["cpu", "proc", "net", "temp", "mem", "disk"], same as layout options)	Sets the default widget type, use --help for more info.
default_widget_count	Unsigned Int (represents which default_widget_type)	Sets the n'th selected widget type as the default.
disable_click	Boolean	Disables mouse clicks.
color	String (one of ["default", "default-light", "gruvbox", "gruvbox-light", "nord", "nord-light"])	Use a color scheme, use --help for supported values.
mem_as_value	Boolean	Defaults to showing process memory usage by value.
tree	Boolean	Defaults to showing the process widget in tree mode.
show_table_scroll_position	Boolean	Shows the scroll position tracker in table widgets.
process_command	Boolean	Show processes as their commands by default.
disable_advanced_kill	Boolean	Hides advanced options to stop a process on Unix-like systems.
network_use_binary_prefix	Boolean	Displays the network widget with binary prefixes.
network_use_bytes	Boolean	Displays the network widget using bytes.
network_use_log	Boolean	Displays the network widget with a log scale.
enable_gpu_memory	Boolean	Shows the GPU memory widget.
retention	String (human readable time, such as "10m", "1h", etc.)	How much data is stored at once in terms of time.
unnormalized_cpu	Boolean	Show process CPU% without normalizing over the number of cores.
expanded_on_startup	Boolean	Expand the default widget upon starting the app.