how to use top command in Linux
1) Exit Top Command After Specific repetition: Top output keep refreshing until you press ‘q‘. With below command top command will automatically exit after 10 number of repetitions. top -n 10
2) Display Specific User Process
top -u paras
3) Highlight Running Process in Top: Press ‘z‘ option in running top command will display running process in color which may help you to identified running process easily
4) Shows Absolute Path of Processes: Press ‘c‘ option in running top command, it will display absolute path of running pro
5) Kill running process: You can kill a process after finding PID of process by pressing ‘k‘ option in running top command without exiting from top window as shown below.
6) Sort by CPU Utilisation: Press (Shift+P) to sort processes as per CPU utilization.
7) Shows top command syntax: top -h
8) Batch Mode : Send output from top to file or any other programs.
top -b
9) Secure Mode : Use top in Secure mode.
top -s
10) Command Line : The below command starts top with last closed state.
Top -c
11) Delay time : It tells delay time between screen updates.
Top -d seconds.tenths
top -o +%mem
