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| − | [[top]] will show your machine's load and which programs are taking what percentage of resources. | + | [[top]] will continuously show your machine's load and which programs are taking what percentage of resources, in real time. |
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| + | Main commands in top: | ||
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| + | 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 | ||
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| + | Most of the commands work the same way in the command line. | ||
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| + | [[Category:System Commands]] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:49, 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.
