"top" command - how do I see more?

cleo

macrumors 65816

Original poster

• Jul 12, 2005

• #1

This is probably an incredibly dumb question for most of you, but...

When I use "top" I can only see the first page of output. I'm trying to find the pid of a process that's not on that first page; how do I move down the list? 😕

 

Lacero

macrumors 604

• Jul 12, 2005

• #2

resize the window?

hi cleo

 

Whyren

macrumors 6502a

• Jul 12, 2005

• #3

You can also order how the data is output by typing

top -o <key> where "<key>" can be:

command - Command name.

cpu - CPU usage.

pid - Process ID (default).

prt - Number of Mach ports.

reg - Number of memory regions.

rprvt - Resident private address space size.

rshrd - Resident shared address space size.

rsize - Resident memory size.

th - Number of threads.

time - Execution time.

uid - User ID.

username - Username.

vprvt - Private address space size.

vsize - Total memory size.​

By default, top uses the pid to sort.

 

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cazlar

macrumors 6502

• Jul 12, 2005

• #4

I think "ps -ax" will give you the PIDs as well if that's all you need.

 

Westside guy

macrumors 604

• Jul 13, 2005

• #5

"top -l 0" (that's "ell zero") runs top as a one-shot command, listing all the processes. For your purposes it's just like the aforementioned "ps -ax".