TOP Commands Cheat Sheet

Here is a cli commands cheat sheet for TOP command, you can use this as a quick reminder for basic commands with a brief description for each of the commands.

What is TOP command?

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        # To update every  samples:
top -i 

# To set the delay between updates to  seconds:
top -s 

# To set event counting to accumulative mode:
top -a

# To set event counting to delta mode:
top -d

# To set event counting to absolute mode:
top -e

# To not calculate statistics on shared libraries, also known as frameworks:
top -F

# To calculate statistics on shared libraries, also known as frameworks (default):
top -f

# To print command line usage information and exit:
top -h

# To order the display by sorting on  in descending order:
top -o 
    

Check out the TOP command documentation .


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