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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.  | + |  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  | 
| − | + |  r [[renice]] a process for altering its speed. Some renice acts are restricted to root    | |
| − | u show only the processes of a certain user  | + |    or su mode.  | 
| − | + |  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.  | + |  t toggle the display of top itself  | 
| − | + |  d change the number of time to refresh top before ending it.  | |
| − | S toggle the display of system processes  | + |  q (at the command line only as "top -q", restricted to root only) to renice top to -20    | 
| − | + |    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  | + | |
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 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.