Name
top
Synopsis
top [options
] [number
]
Full screen, dynamic display of global and per process resource usage by descending PID order.
Options
-
number
top
limits the total processes displayed to number.-
-a
Cumulative event counting mode. Counts are cumulative from top start time.
-w
and-k
are superceded and ignored while-a
is in effect-
-d
Delta event counting mode. Counts are deltas relative to a previous sample.
-w
and-k
are superceded and ignored while-d
is in effect.-
-e
Absolute event counting mode. Counts are absolute values from process start times.
-w
and-k
are superceded and ignored while-e
is in effect.-
-k
Report kernal_task memory map parameters: #MREGS, RPRVT, and RSHRD (and VPRVT with
-w
). Normally unreported and displayed as -.-
-l
samples
Logging mode. Changes display mode from periodic full screen updating to a sequential line mode output suitable for output redirection. The number of sequential snapshots is specified as samples.
-
-s
interval
Sampling interval. Default one second sample interval is replaced by interval.
-
-u
Sort processes by decreasing cpu usage instead of by descending PID order.
- -w
Changes the memory map and memory size parameters for all processes from counts to deltas, and adds a VPRVT column.
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