yes top will give the exact detials , it will by default list all the processes in the decreasing order of cpu usage ! check out the other options for top !
Satish On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 11:28 AM, Bhagwat Masalkar < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi navneet > thanks for sharing this information, I am looking for the CPU usage by a > particular precess, will top command gives me exact results? > > thanks > bhagwat > > On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 6:37 PM, Navneet Sreeraman <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]<navneet.ts%40gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > Hi Kazi! > > > > You can find everything in the /proc file system. > > > > 1. Use the "less /proc/cpuinfo" to get all info about the processor(s) > in > > your system. > > 2. Use the "less /proc/meminfo" to get info on the memory details. > > 3. You also can use the " free -m" to see the memory status in > megabytes. > > Change the 'm' to 'k' or 'g' to see it in kilobytes and gigabytes > > respectively. > > 4. You can use the "watch free" command to see the memory usage in real > > time. But the display in only in KBs. > > 5. Use the command "fdisk -l" to list all drives you have. This will > list > > the USB devices you have connected as well. It gives the details of > > partiotions on each disk. > > > > Regards. > > -- > > Navneet Sreeraman > > > > > > > > >

