{"id":11,"date":"2017-07-05T03:25:21","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T03:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/linuxresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/?p=11"},"modified":"2017-07-05T09:39:23","modified_gmt":"2017-07-05T09:39:23","slug":"mastering-top-command-in-unixlinux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linuxresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/mastering-top-command-in-unixlinux\/","title":{"rendered":"MASTERING &#8220;TOP&#8221; COMMAND IN UNIX\/LINUX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p lang=\"zxx\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">It is a basic Unix command which is very useful to k<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">now what is happening in \u201creal time\u201d on your systems is in my opinion the basis to use and optimize your OS. On ArchLinux or better on GNU\/Linux in general the<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b><code><em>top<\/em><\/code><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">command can help us, this is a very useful system monitor that is really easy to use, and that can also allows us to understand why our OS suffers and which process use most resources.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"zxx\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The command to be run on the terminal is:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"zxx\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/linuxresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/top-300x11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"19\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/top-300x11.jpg 300w, https:\/\/linuxresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/top.jpg 643w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"zxx\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;\">Output of top command is :<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"zxx\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-24 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/linuxresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/top_output-275x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/top_output-275x300.jpg 275w, https:\/\/linuxresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/top_output.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 lang=\"zxx\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1%C2%B0_Row_%E2%80%94_top\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">1\u00b0 Row \u2014 top<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/linuxresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/mastering-top-command-in-unixlinux\/#1%C2%B0_Row_%E2%80%94_top\" >1\u00b0 Row \u2014 top<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/linuxresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/mastering-top-command-in-unixlinux\/#2%C2%B0_Row_%E2%80%93_task\" >2\u00b0 Row \u2013 task<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/linuxresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/mastering-top-command-in-unixlinux\/#4%C2%B0_and_5%C2%B0_Rows_%E2%80%93_memory_usage\" >4\u00b0 and 5\u00b0 Rows \u2013 memory usage<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/linuxresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/mastering-top-command-in-unixlinux\/#Following_Rows_%E2%80%94_Processes_list\" >Following Rows \u2014 Processes list<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p lang=\"zxx\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-31 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/linuxresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/top_1st_row-300x8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"684\" height=\"19\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/top_1st_row-300x8.jpg 300w, https:\/\/linuxresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/top_1st_row.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><\/p>\n<p lang=\"zxx\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">This first line indicates in order:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Current time (02:37:46) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Uptime of the machine (up 6 day, 20:28) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Users sessions logged in (1 users) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Average load on the system (load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00) the 3 values refer to the last minute, five minutes and 15 minutes.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2%C2%B0_Row_%E2%80%93_task\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">2\u00b0 Row \u2013 task<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p lang=\"zxx\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-36 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/linuxresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/top_2nd_row.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"18\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/top_2nd_row.jpg 696w, https:\/\/linuxresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/top_2nd_row-300x8.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p lang=\"zxx\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The second row gives the following information: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Processes running in totals (121 total) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Processes running (1 running) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Processes sleeping (120 sleeping) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Processes stopped (0 stopped) Processes waiting to be stoppati from the parent process (0 zombie)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"zxx\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">3\u00b0 Row \u2013 cpu<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"zxx\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-38 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/linuxresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/top_3rd_row.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"732\" height=\"24\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/top_3rd_row.jpg 732w, https:\/\/linuxresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/top_3rd_row-300x10.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\" \/><\/p>\n<p lang=\"zxx\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The third line indicates how the cpu is used. If you sum up all the percentages the total will be 100% of the cpu. Let\u2019s see what these values indicate in order:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"zxx\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0Percentage of the CPU for user processes (0.2%us) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Percentage of the CPU for system processes (0.2%sy) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Percentage of the CPU processes with priority upgrade\u00a0nice\u00a0(0.0%ni) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Percentage of the CPU not used (99,5%id) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Percentage of the CPU processes waiting for I\/O operations(0.0%wa) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Percentage of the CPU serving hardware interrupts (0.0%\u00a0hi\u00a0\u2014 Hardware IRQ \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Percentage of the CPU serving software interrupts (0.0%\u00a0si\u00a0\u2014 Software Interrupts The amount of CPU \u2018stolen\u2019 from this virtual machine by the hypervisor for other tasks (such as running another virtual machine) this will be 0 on desktop and server without Virtual machine. (0.2%st\u00a0\u2014 Steal Time)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 lang=\"zxx\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4%C2%B0_and_5%C2%B0_Rows_%E2%80%93_memory_usage\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">4\u00b0 and 5\u00b0 Rows \u2013 memory usage<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-40 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/linuxresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/top_4th_row.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"679\" height=\"21\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/top_4th_row.jpg 679w, https:\/\/linuxresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/top_4th_row-300x9.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-41 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/linuxresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/top_5th_row.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"704\" height=\"20\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/top_5th_row.jpg 704w, https:\/\/linuxresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/top_5th_row-300x9.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"zxx\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The fourth and fifth rows respectively indicate the use of physical memory (RAM) and swap. In this order: Total memory in use, free, buffers cached.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\" lang=\"zxx\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Following_Rows_%E2%80%94_Processes_list\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Following Rows \u2014 Processes list<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-43 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/linuxresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/top_6th_row.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"701\" height=\"68\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/top_6th_row.jpg 701w, https:\/\/linuxresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/top_6th_row-300x29.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><\/p>\n<p lang=\"zxx\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">And as last thing ordered by CPU usage (as default) there are the processes currently in use. Let\u2019s see what information we can get in the different columns:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"zxx\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">PID\u00a0\u2013 l\u2019ID\u00a0of the process(4522) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 USER\u00a0\u2013 The user that is the owner of the process (root) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 PR\u00a0\u2013 priority of the process (15) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 NI\u00a0\u2013 The \u201cNICE\u201d value of the process (0) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 VIRT\u00a0\u2013 virtual memory used by the process (132m) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 RES\u00a0\u2013 physical memory used from the process (14m) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 SHR\u00a0\u2013 shared memory of the process (3204) S\u00a0\u2013 indicates the status of the process:\u00a0S=sleep\u00a0R=running\u00a0Z=zombie (S) %CPU\u00a0\u2013 This is the percentage of CPU used by this process (0.3) %MEM\u00a0\u2013 This is the percentage of RAM used by the process (0.7) TIME+\u00a0\u2013This is the total time of activity of this process (0:17.75) COMMAND\u00a0\u2013 And this is the name of the process (bb_monitor.pl)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is a basic Unix command which is very useful to know what is happening in \u201creal time\u201d on your<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-linux"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/linuxresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20,"href":"https:\/\/linuxresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11\/revisions\/20"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}