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# iostat

> Report statistics for devices and partitions.
> More information: <https://manned.org/iostat>.

- Display a report of CPU and disk statistics since system startup:

`iostat`

- Display a report of CPU and disk statistics with units converted to megabytes:

`iostat -m`

- Display CPU statistics:

`iostat -c`

- Display disk statistics with disk names (including LVM):

`iostat -N`

- Display extended disk statistics with disk names for device "sda":

`iostat -xN {{sda}}`

- Display incremental reports of CPU and disk statistics every 2 seconds:

`iostat {{2}}`
