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+mytop was inspired by the system monitoring tool top. I routinely use top on
+Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris. You are likely to notice features from each of
+them here.
+
+mytop will connect to a MySQL server and periodically run the SHOW PROCESSLIST
+and SHOW STATUS commands and attempt to summarize the information from them
+in a useful format.