[SOLVED] Differences in output between top in batch and interactive mode

knockoutned · 07-13-2010, 11:29 AM

Hi,

I am trying to figure out why top run in batch mode outputs so many more lines than when run in interactive mode. For example:
% top -n 1 | wc -l
54
% top -n 1 -b | wc -l
1026

I am running RHEL 3

Thanks

crabboy · 07-13-2010, 11:42 AM

Because it is detecting the size of your window and only displaying that many lines. I make my window larger and it displays many more lines in interactive mode. Batch mode is displaying all the processes.

knockoutned · 07-13-2010, 12:03 PM

thank you