NAME
top - display Linux processes
SYNOPSIS
top -hv|-bcHiOSs -d secs -n max -u|U user -p pid -o fld -w [cols]
The traditional switches `-' and whitespace are optional.
DESCRIPTION
The top program provides a dynamic real-time view of a running system. It can display
system summary information as well as a list of processes or threads currently being
managed by the Linux kernel. The types of system summary information shown and the
types, order and size of information displayed for processes are all user configurable
and that configuration can be made persistent across restarts.
The program provides a limited interactive interface for process manipulation as well
as a much more extensive interface for personal configuration -- encompassing every
aspect of its operation. And while top is referred to throughout this document, you
are free to name the program anything you wish. That new name, possibly an alias, will
then be reflected on top's display and used when reading and writing a configuration
file.
OVERVIEW
Documentation
The remaining Table of Contents
1. COMMAND-LINE Options
2. SUMMARY Display
a. UPTIME and LOAD Averages
b. TASK and CPU States
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