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

Latest revision as of 02:49, 5 February 2005

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.

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