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>The GNOME <TT
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>gstripchart</TT
> program
    charts various user-specified parameters as a function of time.
    Its main use is to chart system performance parameters such as CPU
    load, CPU utilization, network traffic levels, and the like.
    Other more ingenious uses are left as an exercise for the
    interested user.  It is included in the package
    <TT
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>gnome-utils</TT
>, which is a part of the GNOME
    desktop environment. This document describes version 1.0.53 of
    the <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>gstripchart</TT
> program.</P
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>The <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>gstripchart</TT
> program
    periodically reads data from a file, extracts a value, and
    displays these values in one of several formats.  The default
    format is a graphical display similar to that of a stripchart
    recorder.  Hence the name,
    <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>gstripchart</TT
>.</P
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>On systems such as Linux, in which system parameters are
    available in human-readable form in the /proc directory, the
    <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>gstripchart</TT
> program makes a dandy
    performance monitoring tool, similar to but more versatile than
    <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>xload</TT
>.</P
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>Instead of being limited to a few standard performance
    parameters, the <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>gstripchart</TT
> program can
    plot any time-variant parameter than can be read from a file or
    pipe.  This ability to read data from a pipe provides a very
    versatile and easy to use method of setting up custom
    displays.</P
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>The <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>gstripchart</TT
> program can be
    started by selecting <B
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>Stripchart Plotter</B
>
    item from the <B
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>Utilities</B
> submenu of the
    <B
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>Main Menu</B
>, or by running the command
    <B
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>gstripchart</B
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