iostat
Report statistics for devices and partitions. tldr-pages
On Linux, macOS
Linux
Display a report of CPU and disk statistics since system startup
iostatIdentifyDisplay a report of CPU and disk statistics with units converted to megabytes
iostat -mIdentifyDisplay CPU statistics
iostat --compactIdentifyDisplay disk statistics with disk names (including LVM)
iostat -NIdentifyDisplay extended disk statistics with disk names for device "sda"
iostat -xN sdaIdentifyDisplay incremental reports of CPU and disk statistics every 2 seconds
iostat 2IdentifymacOS
Report statistics for devices.
Display snapshot device statistics (kilobytes per transfer, transfers per second, megabytes per second), CPU statistics (percentages of time spent in user mode, system mode, and idle mode), and system load averages (for the past 1, 5, and 15 min)
iostatIdentifyDisplay only device statistics
iostat -dIdentifyDisplay incremental reports of CPU and disk statistics every 2 seconds
iostat 2IdentifyDisplay statistics for the first disk every second indefinitely
iostat -w 1 disk0IdentifyDisplay statistics for the second disk every 3 seconds, 10 times
iostat -w 3 -c 10 disk1IdentifyDisplay using old-style iostat display. Shows sectors transferred per second, transfers per second, average milliseconds per transaction, and CPU statistics + load averages from default-style display
iostat -oIdentifyDisplay total device statistics (KB/t: kilobytes per transfer as before, xfrs: total number of transfers, MB: total number of megabytes transferred)
iostat -IIdentify