Viewing Processes in Real Time : top command
An administrator that is running the top command can then take one of two actions:
| Key |
Action |
Description |
| K |
Terminate process |
Terminate a selected process by PID and signal number |
| R |
Adjust priority |
Adjust priority (niceness) of a process |
The top command shows overall system load and trends over time
cat /proc/loadavg
# 0.12 0.46 0.25 1/254 3052
| Field |
Value |
Description |
| Load Average |
0.12 |
Load average over the last 1 minute |
| Load Average |
0.46 |
Load average over the last 5 minutes |
| Load Average |
0.25 |
Load average over the last 15 minutes |
| Number of Processes |
1/254 |
1 process currently running / 254 total processes |
| Last PID |
3052 |
Last process ID that executed on the CPU |