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$top

Display real-time Linux processes and system resource utilization.

BefehlssyntaxPOSIX Standard
top [OPTIONS]
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Überblick & Funktionsweise

`top` is the built-in dynamic process viewer for Unix systems. It displays real-time CPU load averages, memory/swap usage, task states, and a continuously updated list of top resource-consuming processes sorted by CPU or RAM.

Wichtige Optionen und Flags

Flag / OptionDescription
-bBatch mode for sending output to files or scripts.
-n [iter]Exit after the specified number of refresh iterations.
-u [user]Monitor only processes owned by the specified user.

Praktische Anwendungsbeispiele

#1Inspect system resource snapshot

Runs top and outputs system load statistics.