> command: top

> purpose:  display Linux tasks.It can display system summary information
>                as  well  as  a list  of  tasks  currently being managed by
> the
>                Linux kernel
>
> 3. when top is running Press (Shift+O) to Sort field via field letter, for
>     example press ‘a‘ letter to sort process with PID (Process ID)
> 4. Press ‘z‘ option in running top command will display running process
>     in color which may help you to identified running process easily
> 5. Top output keep refreshing until we press ‘q‘. With below command top
>     command will automatically exit after 10 number of repetition.
>     $top -n 10

W.r.t 'top' , I like ttyload, a nice tool to visualize cpu load and spikes in a 
simple plotted terminal graph. I run it in a screen so i can look at it any 
time by attaching to it.

screen -S myttyload  -> creates a screen called myttyload
screen -x myttyload -> attaches to it ; 
ctrl+A, then d -> detaches from screen without exiting.

Mahadevan
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