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# top
> Display dynamic real-time information about running processes.
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> More information: <https://manned.org/top>.
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- Start `top` :
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`top`
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- Do not show any idle or zombie processes:
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`top -i`
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- Show only processes owned by given user:
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`top -u {{username}}`
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- Sort processes by a field:
`top -o {{field_name}}`
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- Show the individual threads of a given process:
`top -Hp {{process_id}}`
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- 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):
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`top -p $(pgrep -d ',' {{process_name}})`
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- Get help about interactive commands:
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`?`
