---
name: "wmload"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "wmload"
version: "0.9.7-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wmload"
---

# wmload(1)

graphically display the kernel/system statistics

## NAME

wmload - graphically display the kernel/system statistics

## SYNOPSIS

**wmload** \[ -u \<secs\> \] \[ -e \<program\> \] \[ -l \<color\> \] \[ -p \[+\|-\]x \[+\|-\]y \] \[ -s \] \[ -i \] \[ -w \] \[ -v \]

## DESCRIPTION

**wmload** displays a graphical representation of the kernel/system statistics on a 64x64 miniwindow. There are three shades in the window: the light one, which corresponds to *user* statistics, second is the *nice time* statistics, and the darkest one is *system* statistics.

## OPTIONS

- *-u \<secs\>*

  updatespeed

- *-e \<program\>*

  program to start on click

- *-p \[+\|-\]x\[+\|-\]y*

  position of wmload

- *-s*

  without groundplate

- *-i*

  start up as icon

- *-w*

  start up withdrawn

- *-v*

  output version

## FILES

- */proc/stat*

  kernel/system statistics and other information

## AUTHORS

**wmload** was written by Ryan Land \<rand@bc1.com\>, based on asload by Beat Christen \<bchriste@iiic.ethz.ch\>.

This manpage was written by Marcelo Magallon \<mmagallo@debian.org\>.

## SEE ALSO

[**ps**(1)](/ps/1.md), [**tload**(1)](/tload/1.md), [**top**(1)](/top/1.md), **uptime**(5), [**w**(1)](/w/1.md).