NAME

       pg_activity - Realtime PostgreSQL database server monitoring tool

SYNOPSIS

       pg_activity [option..]

DESCRIPTION

       Command line tool for PostgreSQL server activity monitoring.

COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS

       -U USERNAME, --username=USERNAME
                 Database user name (default: $USER).

       -p PORT, --port=PORT
                 Database server port (default: "5432").

       -h HOSTNAME, --host=HOSTNAME
                 Database server host or socket directory (default: "localhost").

       -d DBNAME, --dbname=DBNAME
             Database name to connect to (default: "postgres").

       -C, --no-color
                 Disable color usage.

       --blocksize=BLOCKSIZE
                 Filesystem blocksize (default: 4096).

       --rds
                 Enable support for AWS RDS.

       --help
                 Show this help message and exit.

       --version
                 Show program's version number and exit.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       PGPASSWORD
             PostgreSQL password.

       PGPORT
                 Database server port.

       PGUSER
                 Database user name.

       PGHOST
                 Database server host or socket directory.

       PGPASSFILE
             Path to .pgpass file (default is ~/.pgpass)

DISPLAY OPTIONS

       --no-database
                 Disable DATABASE.

       --no-user
                 Disable USER.

       --no-client
                 Disable CLIENT.

       --no-cpu
                 Disable CPU%.

       --no-mem
                 Disable MEM%.

       --no-read
                 Disable READ/s.

       --no-write
                 Disable WRITE/s.

       --no-time
                 Disable TIME+.

       --no-wait
                 Disable W.

INTERACTIVE COMMANDS

       C     Activate/deactivate colors.
       r     Sort by READ/s, descending.
       w     Sort by WRITE/s, descending.
       c     Sort by CPU%, descending.
       m     Sort by MEM%, descending.
       t     Sort by TIME+, descending.
       Space Pause on/off.
       v     Change queries display mode: full, truncated, indented
       UP / DOWN Scroll process list.
       q     Quit
       +     Increase refresh time. Maximum value : 3s
       -     Decrease refesh time. Minimum Value : 1s
       F1/1  Running queries monitoring.
       F2/2  Waiting queries monitoring.
       F3/3  Blocking queries monitoring.
       h     Help page.
       R     Refresh.

NAVIGATION MODE

       UP    Move up the cursor.
       DOWN  Move down the cursor.
       k     Terminate the current backend/tagged backends.
       Space Tag or untag the process.
       q     Quit.
       Other Back to activity.

EXAMPLES

       PGPASSWORD='mypassword' pg_activity -U pgadmin -h 127.0.0.1 --no-client

       pg_activity -h /tmp