35 lines
1.5 KiB
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35 lines
1.5 KiB
Markdown
## 🕵️♂️ Monitoring Processes with `top`
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The `top` command provides a simple, real-time overview of all running processes and system stats.
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```bash
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top
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```
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### Sample output header:
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```bash
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top - 21:28:31 up 10:05, 5 users, load average: 0.19, 0.26, 0.23
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Tasks: 382 total, 1 running, 381 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
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%Cpu(s): 8.0 us, 1.8 sy, 0.0 ni, 90.2 id, 0.0 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.0 si, 0.0 st
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MiB Mem : 19754.0 total, 14439.8 free, 3207.1 used, 2871.8 buff/cache
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MiB Swap: 8192.0 total, 8192.0 free, 0.0 used. 16547.0 avail Mem
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```
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### What each part means:
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| Item | Description |
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| 🕒 `21:28:31` | Current system time |
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| ⏳ `up 10:05` | System uptime — 10 hours and 5 minutes since last boot |
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| 👥 `5 users` | Number of users currently logged in |
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| 📈 `load average` | CPU load averages over 1, 5, and 15 minutes (fractions of total CPU cores used) |
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| | — 0.19 = load in last 1 min |
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| | — 0.26 = load in last 5 min |
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| | — 0.23 = load in last 15 min |
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