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lxc-top — Display resource usage of LXC containers. More information: <https://linuxcontainers.org/lxc/manpage

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Problem

How to use the lxc-top command: Display resource usage of LXC containers. More information: <https://linuxcontainers.org/lxc/manpages/man1/lxc-top.1.html>.

Solution

lxc-top — Display resource usage of LXC containers. More information: <https://linuxcontainers.org/lxc/manpages/man1/lxc-top.1.html>.

Start lxc-top:

lxc-top

Adjust update interval:

lxc-top {{[-d|--delay]}} {{5}}

Sort by [n]ame, [c]pu use, [b]lock I/O, [m]emory, or [k]ernel memory:

lxc-top {{[-s|--sort]}} {{n|c|b|m|k}}

Code Snippets

Start `lxc-top`

lxc-top

Adjust update interval

lxc-top {{[-d|--delay]}} {{5}}

Sort by [n]ame, [c]pu use, [b]lock I/O, [m]emory, or [k]ernel memory

lxc-top {{[-s|--sort]}} {{n|c|b|m|k}}

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