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Dave: nicer

2005-02-05T06:49:29Z

nicer

Dave at 06:48, 5 February 2005

2005-02-05T06:48:24Z

Simon: oops forgot the renice link. Fixed.

2005-02-05T06:23:21Z

oops forgot the renice link. Fixed.

24.37.65.249: top 10 commands used in "top"

2005-02-05T06:17:04Z

top 10 commands used in "top"

Jimbo at 00:30, 26 August 2004

2004-08-26T00:30:20Z

Jimbo at 00:30, 26 August 2004

2004-08-26T00:30:08Z

Dave at 00:11, 26 August 2004

2004-08-26T00:11:57Z

New page

[[top]] will show your machine's load and which programs are taking what percentage of resources.

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 Main commands in top:
-  s will change the delay (in seconds) between two refreshes of top. Split-seconds aren't allowed but for quick refresh you can use zero.
+  s will change the delay (in seconds) between two refreshes of top. Split-seconds aren't
+   allowed but for quick refresh you can use zero.
-  o followed by one of the following changes the sorting of the display by time of: TIME, RES, SIZE, CPU, PRI
+  o followed by one of the following changes the sorting of the display by time of: TIME,
+   RES, SIZE, CPU, PRI
   k will send signals such as kill to specified tasks.
   m toggles the display between CPU and I/O mode.
   u show only the processes of a certain user
   r [[renice]] a process for altering its speed. Some renice acts are restricted to root
-  r [[renice]] a process for altering its speed. Some renice acts are restricted to root or su mode.
+   or su mode.
-−
   S toggle the display of system processes
   t toggle the display of top itself
   d change the number of time to refresh top before ending it.
   q (at the command line only as "top -q", restricted to root only) to renice top to -20
-  q (at the command line only as "top -q", restricted to root only) to renice top to -20 for extra fast refresh
+   for extra fast refresh
 Most of the commands work the same way in the command line.
 [[Category:System Commands]]

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 Main commands in top:
-s will change the delay (in seconds) between two refreshes of top. Split-seconds aren't allowed but for quick refresh you can use zero.
+ s will change the delay (in seconds) between two refreshes of top. Split-seconds aren't allowed but for quick refresh you can use zero.
-o followed by one of the following changes the sorting of the display by time of: TIME, RES, SIZE, CPU, PRI
+ o followed by one of the following changes the sorting of the display by time of: TIME, RES, SIZE, CPU, PRI
-k will send signals such as kill to specified tasks.
+ k will send signals such as kill to specified tasks.
-m toggles the display between CPU and I/O mode.
+ m toggles the display between CPU and I/O mode.
-u show only the processes of a certain user
+ u show only the processes of a certain user
-r [[renice]] a process for altering its speed. Some renice acts are restricted to root or su mode.
+ r [[renice]] a process for altering its speed. Some renice acts are restricted to root or su mode.
-S toggle the display of system processes
+ S toggle the display of system processes
-t toggle the display of top itself
+ t toggle the display of top itself
-d change the number of time to refresh top before ending it.
+ d change the number of time to refresh top before ending it.
-q (at the command line only as "top -q", restricted to root only) to renice top to -20 for extra fast refresh
+ q (at the command line only as "top -q", restricted to root only) to renice top to -20 for extra fast refresh
 Most of the commands work the same way in the command line.
 [[Category:System Commands]]

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 u show only the processes of a certain user
-r renice a process for altering its speed. Some renice acts are restricted to root or su mode.
+r [[renice]] a process for altering its speed. Some renice acts are restricted to root or su mode.
 S toggle the display of system processes

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	[[top]] will continuously show your machine's load and which programs are taking what percentage of resources, in real time.		[[top]] will continuously show your machine's load and which programs are taking what percentage of resources, in real time.
		+
		+	Main commands in top:
		+
		+	s will change the delay (in seconds) between two refreshes of top. Split-seconds aren't allowed but for quick refresh you can use zero.
		+
		+	o followed by one of the following changes the sorting of the display by time of: TIME, RES, SIZE, CPU, PRI
		+
		+	k will send signals such as kill to specified tasks.
		+
		+	m toggles the display between CPU and I/O mode.
		+
		+	u show only the processes of a certain user
		+
		+	r renice a process for altering its speed. Some renice acts are restricted to root or su mode.
		+
		+	S toggle the display of system processes
		+
		+	t toggle the display of top itself
		+
		+	d change the number of time to refresh top before ending it.
		+
		+	q (at the command line only as "top -q", restricted to root only) to renice top to -20 for extra fast refresh
		+
		+	Most of the commands work the same way in the command line.

	[[Category:System Commands]]		[[Category:System Commands]]

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	[[top]] will continuously show your machine's load and which programs are taking what percentage of resources, in real time.		[[top]] will continuously show your machine's load and which programs are taking what percentage of resources, in real time.

−	[[Category:System Commands]	+	[[Category:System Commands]]