SSH and TOP command

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SSH and TOP command

I'm new to os x and unix type stuff. When I ssh into another computer and use the top command, how can I see the next page of processes? I have the window as large as it will get but cannot see everything that is running

Dual 2.7 GHz PowerPC G5, Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Posted on Jan 10, 2006 2:51 PM

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Answer 1

Jan 10, 2006 4:19 PM in response to Brent Hilgenkamp

AFAIK, you can't. top shows the "top" processes by the criteria you define. For instance:

top -o cpu

will show the (however many lines your window has) top processor using processes.

You can find much more in top's man page,

man top

Roger

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Answer 2

Camelot

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Jan 10, 2006 7:19 PM in response to Brent Hilgenkamp

In normal ('interactive') mode top's output it limited to the size of your terminal window. However, you can see all processes via top's 'logging' mode using the -l switch.

top -l 5

This causes top to run 5 periodic updates (by default at 2 second intervals). Since you're in logging mode, each update will display the full process table and you can scroll back in your terminal to see the data. Use a count of 0 to continuously update (until you use ctrl-C to terminate).

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Answer 3

Jan 11, 2006 10:07 AM in response to Camelot

thanks guys

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