pacificjae.blogg.se - Top process monitor

The sort order itself can be changed (i.e.largest to smallest -> smallest to largest) by hitting R.Īlso, you can highlight the column of the field used for sorting by hitting x Tweaking the Task Area The following options are available:Ĭhoose one by hitting the appropriate letter, then hit return. You can change which field gets used for the sort order by hitting F or O. There is an "Alternate Mode" that you can use which shows the top few from each display type/mode. Mode 4 will show: PID PPID UID USER RUSER TTY TIME+ %CPU %MEM S COMMAND Alternate Mode Mode 3 will show: PID %MEM VIRT SWAP RES CODE DATA SHR nFLT nDRT S PR NI %CPU COMMAND Mode 2 will show: PID PPID TIME+ %CPU %MEM PR NI S VIRT SWAP RES UID COMMAND Mode 1 will show the following columns in the display: PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND These are the column headers available in each display mode: To change the display type, hit G followed by the number (1 - 4). There are four display types (where each display type shows different column fields, column ordering, and sort field).

To toggle task data and cpu state information, hit t.

To toggle memory and swap space information, hit m.

To toggle the showing of load average and uptime, hit l.

You can toggle which bits of this are included in the display. The first area to the top of the screen while viewing the top program is called the summary area. Saving Your Changesīefore continuing any further with customising top's look and feel for your purposes, be aware that you must save any changes otherwise top will discard them when you exit (exit by typing q).

To highlight the values in the summary aread, hit B (i.e. This page refresh rate can be controlled by hitting either d or s and entering the number of seconds you wish to use. The display is updated periodically (default is every 3 seconds) to ensure the info displayed is up to date. This will display the top few processes (sorted by CPU usage). To run top, simply enter the command: top