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+iotop is a Python program with a top-like UI used to show of behalf of which
+process is the I/O going on.
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+For iotop to work you need to have kernel with at least these options enabled:
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+CONFIG_TASKSTATS=y
+CONFIG_TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING=y