diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 58fd899..5d2b05a 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 Changelog
 
+12/05/13 (muzso)
+- added new command line switches:
+  -s  Sorts output by the sent column.
+  -c  Limits the number of updates (useful for tracemode and scripting the
+      output).
+  -v  Sets view mode (0 = KB/s, 1 = total KB, 2 = total B, 3 = total MB)
+- changed needrefresh default value from true to false
+  (upon startup there's no useful info on network usage, so displaying
+   any results has no use for the user)
+
 31/08/10 (Arnout)
 - support for screens wider than 80 characters, thanks to Shock
   at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nethogs/+bug/627626
diff --git a/cui.cpp b/cui.cpp
index 500829b..1e2bd14 100644
--- a/cui.cpp
+++ b/cui.cpp
@@ -43,15 +43,12 @@ extern Process * unknowntcp;
 extern Process * unknownudp;
 extern Process * unknownip;
 
-// sort on sent or received?
-bool sortRecv = true;
-// viewMode: kb/s or total
-int VIEWMODE_KBPS = 0;
-int VIEWMODE_TOTAL_KB = 1;
-int VIEWMODE_TOTAL_B = 2;
-int VIEWMODE_TOTAL_MB = 3;
-int viewMode = VIEWMODE_KBPS;
-int nViewModes = 4;
+extern bool sortRecv;
+
+extern int viewMode;
+
+extern unsigned refreshlimit;
+extern unsigned refreshcount;
 
 class Line
 {
@@ -233,7 +230,7 @@ void ui_tick ()
 			break;
 		case 'm':
 			/* switch mode: total vs kb/s */
-			viewMode = (viewMode + 1) % nViewModes;
+			viewMode = (viewMode + 1) % VIEWMODE_COUNT;
 			break;
 	}
 }
@@ -357,6 +354,7 @@ void do_refresh()
 	proglen = cols - 53;
 
 	refreshconninode();
+	refreshcount++;
 	if (DEBUG || tracemode)
 	{
 		std::cout << "\nRefreshing:\n";
@@ -513,6 +511,7 @@ void do_refresh()
 		mvprintw (totalrow+1, 0, "");
 		refresh();
 	}
+
+	if (refreshlimit != 0 && refreshcount >= refreshlimit)
+		quit_cb(0);
 }
-
-
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 139dd98..86e6078 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -8,13 +8,16 @@ static void versiondisplay(void)
 static void help(void)
 {
 	//std::cerr << "usage: nethogs [-V] [-b] [-d seconds] [-t] [-p] [-f (eth|ppp))] [device [device [device ...]]]\n";
-	std::cerr << "usage: nethogs [-V] [-b] [-d seconds] [-t] [-p] [device [device [device ...]]]\n";
+	std::cerr << "usage: nethogs [-V] [-b] [-d seconds] [-v mode] [-c count] [-t] [-p] [-s] [device [device [device ...]]]\n";
 	std::cerr << "		-V : prints version.\n";
+	std::cerr << "		-b : bughunt mode - implies tracemode.\n";
 	std::cerr << "		-d : delay for update refresh rate in seconds. default is 1.\n";
+	std::cerr << "		-v : view mode (0 = KB/s, 1 = total KB, 2 = total B, 3 = total MB). default is 0.\n";
+	std::cerr << "		-c : number of updates. default is 0 (unlimited).\n";
 	std::cerr << "		-t : tracemode.\n";
 	//std::cerr << "		-f : format of packets on interface, default is eth.\n";
-	std::cerr << "		-b : bughunt mode - implies tracemode.\n";
 	std::cerr << "		-p : sniff in promiscious mode (not recommended).\n";
+	std::cerr << "		-s : sort output by sent column.\n";
 	std::cerr << "		device : device(s) to monitor. default is eth0\n";
 	std::cerr << std::endl;
 	std::cerr << "When nethogs is running, press:\n";
@@ -31,7 +34,7 @@ int main (int argc, char** argv)
 	int promisc = 0;
 
 	int opt;
-	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "Vhbtpd:")) != -1) {
+	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "Vhbtpd:v:c:s")) != -1) {
 		switch(opt) {
 			case 'V':
 				versiondisplay();
@@ -49,8 +52,17 @@ int main (int argc, char** argv)
 			case 'p':
 				promisc = 1;
 				break;
+			case 's':
+				sortRecv = false;
+				break;
 			case 'd':
-				refreshdelay=atoi(optarg);
+				refreshdelay = atoi(optarg);
+				break;
+			case 'v':
+				viewMode = atoi(optarg) % VIEWMODE_COUNT;
+				break;
+			case 'c':
+				refreshlimit = atoi(optarg);
 				break;
 			/*
 			case 'f':
@@ -81,7 +93,7 @@ int main (int argc, char** argv)
 		init_ui();
 	}
 
-	if (NEEDROOT && (getuid() != 0))
+	if (NEEDROOT && (geteuid() != 0))
 		forceExit(false, "You need to be root to run NetHogs!");
 
 	char errbuf[PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE];
diff --git a/nethogs.8 b/nethogs.8
index f0b64d3..489b303 100644
--- a/nethogs.8
+++ b/nethogs.8
@@ -6,22 +6,31 @@ nethogs \- Net top tool grouping bandwidth per process
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .ft B
 .B nethogs
-.RB [ "\-d" ]
 .RB [ "\-h" ]
-.RB [ "\-p" ]
-.RB [ "\-t" ]
 .RB [ "\-V" ] 
+.RB [ "\-d" ]
+.RB [ "\-v" ]
+.RB [ "\-t" ]
+.RB [ "\-c" ]
+.RB [ "\-p" ]
+.RB [ "\-s" ]
 .RI [device(s)]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 NetHogs is a small 'net top' tool. Instead of breaking the traffic down per protocol or per subnet, like most such tools do, it groups bandwidth by process - and does not rely on a special kernel module to be loaded. So if there's suddenly a lot of network traffic, you can fire up NetHogs and immediately see which PID is causing this, and if it's some kind of spinning process, kill it. 
 
 .SS Options
 .TP
+\fB-h\fP
+display available commands usage.
+.TP
+\fB-V\fP
+prints Version info.
+.TP
 \fB-d\fP
 delay for refresh rate.
 .TP
-\fB-h\fP
-display available commands usage.
+\fB-v\fP
+select view mode
 .TP
 \fB-p\fP
 sniff in promiscious mode (not recommended).
@@ -29,8 +38,11 @@ sniff in promiscious mode (not recommended).
 \fB-t\fP
 tracemode.
 .TP
-\fB-V\fP
-prints Version info.
+\fB-c\fP
+limit number of refreshes
+.TP
+\fB-s\fP
+sort by traffic sent
 .PP
 .I device(s)
 to monitor. By default eth0 is being used.
diff --git a/nethogs.cpp b/nethogs.cpp
index a1920fb..1d4558b 100644
--- a/nethogs.cpp
+++ b/nethogs.cpp
@@ -52,9 +52,16 @@ extern "C" {
 extern Process * unknownudp;
 
 unsigned refreshdelay = 1;
+unsigned refreshlimit = 0;
+unsigned refreshcount = 0;
+unsigned processlimit = 0;
 bool tracemode = false;
 bool bughuntmode = false;
-bool needrefresh = true;
+bool needrefresh = false;
+// sort on sent or received?
+bool sortRecv = true;
+// viewMode: kb/s or total
+int viewMode = VIEWMODE_KBPS;
 //packet_type packettype = packet_ethernet;
 //dp_link_type linktype = dp_link_ethernet;
 const char version[] = " version " VERSION "." SUBVERSION "." MINORVERSION;
diff --git a/nethogs.h b/nethogs.h
index cbca93b..5b33cbf 100644
--- a/nethogs.h
+++ b/nethogs.h
@@ -63,6 +63,13 @@
 
 #define PROGNAME_WIDTH 512
 
+// viewMode: how to represent numbers
+#define VIEWMODE_KBPS     0
+#define VIEWMODE_TOTAL_KB 1
+#define VIEWMODE_TOTAL_B  2
+#define VIEWMODE_TOTAL_MB 3
+#define VIEWMODE_COUNT    4
+ 
 #define NORETURN __attribute__ ((__noreturn__))
 
 void forceExit(bool success, const char *msg, ...) NORETURN;