Activity Monitor: cut, grep, and sh

[Reimer]

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?

 

[2nyRiggz]

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





Bless

 

[Reimer]

azureus
coreduotemp
firefox (bon echo)
SteerMouse Manager

/edit

Okay I guess coreduotemp is the culprit. Just wasn't sure what those processes were doing.

 

[Reimer]

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?

 

[Freg3000]

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?

Apple says it best:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107918

 

[Reimer]

Apple says it best:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107918

perfect .. thanks

 

[2nyRiggz]

Read this thread, it might help you understand.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=210301&highlight=memory+breakdown+in+OSX

Nevermnd...you got the help

Bless

 

[dsnort]

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.