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$ brew info htop-osx
htop-osx: stable 0.8.2
https://github.com/max-horvath/htop-osx
Depends on: autoconf, automake, libtool
Not installed
https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/commits/master/Library/Formula/htop-osx.rb
==> Caveats
htop-osx requires root privileges to correctly display all running processes.
You can either run the program via `sudo` or set the setuid bit:

  sudo chown root:wheel /usr/local/Cellar/htop-osx/0.8.2/bin/htop
  sudo chmod u+s /usr/local/Cellar/htop-osx/0.8.2/bin/htop

You should be certain that you trust any software you grant root privileges.