shell program to find a process load
 

I need to find the CPU load being used by a particular process,say for example "java".Also i need to write that process's load to a file. i used the following command:
But it lists all the processes and their load. I need just the load of java alone. Is there any way to parse the output or somebody help me with a shell program?

add " | grep java > newfilename"

Let me try and will get u back Dudes.

Have a look at the top man page. Specifically regarding the -b flag for batch mode.

Evo2.

what about
root#top -b -d 5 -p <pid of process>

-b -> in batch mode
-d-> Delay

Thanks

I tried with . But it prints the entire line
where Xorg is the process whose output to be found. And 7.3 is Xorg's CPU%. I just need the CPU% alone. But here all details of the process including PID are displayed. Is there any way to parse the output?

Quick and dirty with awk:
Evo2.

Thank u Evo. I got it...