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
> >
> >
> >
>
>  
>

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