Top
(top 10 commands used in "top") |
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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 | ||
Revision as of 02:23, 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.
