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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}})
  • Get help about interactive commands:
    ?

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