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Display dynamic real-time information about running processes. More information: <https://manned.org/top>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/top.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install procps
Ubuntu
apt-get install procps
Alpine
apk add procps
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S procps-ng
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install procps
CentOS
yum install procps
Fedora
dnf install bro-devel
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install procps
Raspbian
apt-get install procps
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/top
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/top top powered by Commando

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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