top Command Examples
Display dynamic real-time information about running processes. More information: https://manned.org/top.
- Start
top:
top
- Do not show any idle or zombie processes:
top -i
- Show only processes owned by given user:
top -u {{username}}
- Sort processes by a field:
top -o {{field_name}}
- Show the individual threads of a given process:
top -Hp {{process_id}}
- Show only the processes with the given PID(s), passed as a comma-separated list. (Normally you wouldn't know PIDs off hand. This example picks the PIDs from the process name):
top -p $(pgrep -d ',' {{process_name}})
- Display help about interactive commands:
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