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nyx(1) General Commands Manual nyx(1)

NAME

nyx - Tor terminal status monitor

SYNOPSIS

nyx [OPTION]

DESCRIPTION

Nyx is a command line interface for Tor (https://www.torproject.org/), providing detailed real-time relaying information for...


* bandwidth, cpu, and memory usage
* connection information
* tor configuration
* event logs
* etc

As a curses interface Nyx is particularly well suited for ssh connections, tty terminals, and command-line aficionados to check the status of tor.

Nyx can be customized through a configuration file located at ~/.nyx/config. For options see https://nyx.torproject.org/#configuration.

OPTIONS

tor control port we should attach to (default is 127.0.0.1:9051)

tor control socket we should attach to (default is /var/run/tor/control)

user configuration preferences (default is ~/.nyx/config)

writes all nyx logs to the given location

comma separated list of events to log

provides version information

provides usage information

FILES

~/.nyx/config
Your personal nyx configuration file

/usr/share/doc/nyx/nyxrc.sample.gz
Sample nyxrc configuration file that documents all options

AUTHOR

Written by Damian Johnson (atagar@torproject.org)

27 August 2010