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top — Display dynamic real-time information about running processes. See also: `htop`, `atop`, `glances`,
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How to use the
top command: Display dynamic real-time information about running processes. See also: htop, atop, glances, btop, btm. More information: <https://manned.org/top>.Solution
top — Display dynamic real-time information about running processes. See also: htop, atop, glances, btop, btm. More information: <https://manned.org/top>.Start
top:topDo not show any idle or zombie processes:
top {{[-i|--idle-toggle]}}Show only processes owned by given user:
top {{[-u|--filter-only-euser]}} {{username}}Sort processes by a field:
top {{[-o|--sort-override]}} {{field_name}}Show the individual threads of a given process:
top {{[-Hp|--threads-show --pid]}} {{process_id}}Show only the processes with the given PID(s), passed as a comma-separated list. (Normally you wouldn't know PIDs off hand. This example picks the PIDs from the process name):
top {{[-p|--pid]}} $(pgrep {{[-d|--delimiter]}} ',' {{process_name}})Display help about interactive commands:
<?>Code Snippets
Start `top`
topDo not show any idle or zombie processes
top {{[-i|--idle-toggle]}}Show only processes owned by given user
top {{[-u|--filter-only-euser]}} {{username}}Sort processes by a field
top {{[-o|--sort-override]}} {{field_name}}Show the individual threads of a given process
top {{[-Hp|--threads-show --pid]}} {{process_id}}Context
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