Display processes % usage but I only want the process name and % used

evansd321 · 09-14-2010, 03:57 AM

Wonder if anyone can help me, I have to monitor the %MEM that processes are using, so I use the ps and sort command like this ....

ps -aux | sort -nk4

So this will sort by column 4 so I can see the all the processes that are using the highest %MEM.

What I really want is to be able to just display the process name and the %MEM next to it, does anyone know how to do this?

Thanks

syg00 · 09-14-2010, 04:07 AM

Read the manpage - it even has examples to show how to output only columns you are interested in.
No need to pipe to sort either - "ps" allows you to sort (even reverse) on any column.

evansd321 · 09-14-2010, 06:24 AM

AWESOME!! .. thanks! I only ever looked at ps --help, thanks for the tip, all working now!