Activity Monitor: cut, grep, and sh

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  1. Reimer, Sep 25, 2006

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    I'm viewing my Activity Monitor with "My Processes" mode selected.

    Every couple of seconds, the processes "cut, grep, and sh" pop up and disappear. What are those processes doing exactly?
     
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  2. 2nyRiggz, Sep 25, 2006

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    What programs do you have running when this pops up and is it giving you any problems?





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  3. Reimer, Sep 25, 2006

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    azureus
    coreduotemp
    firefox (bon echo)
    SteerMouse Manager

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    Okay I guess coreduotemp is the culprit. Just wasn't sure what those processes were doing.
     
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  4. Reimer, Sep 25, 2006

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    okay anyone want to explain another part of Activity Monitor, specifically the Memory usage part.

    I've got 1GB of ram installed. Activity Monitor currently shows 834mb under "Used". What do "Wired", "Active", and "Inactive" indicate?
     
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  5. Freg3000, Sep 25, 2006

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    Apple says it best:

    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107918
     
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  6. Reimer, Sep 25, 2006

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  7. 2nyRiggz, Sep 25, 2006

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  8. dsnort, Sep 25, 2006

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    I had exactly this same issue. It's coreduo temp. Those processes that pop up and go away are the app accessing the core to read the temp, or something like that. Close coreduo temp, and it will stop.
     
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