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I am hoping someone can help me.
When attempting to look at CPU\mem usage etc by using the 'top' command I find that it just doesn't display properly. For example:
I have been able to use it before in UNIX so I know that the layout should not look like this. I'm not sure where the Bs are coming from!
Is there something I need to install or modify to get it to display in the correct format?
The OS information is as follows:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.4 (Santiago)
Kernel 2.6.32-358.14.1.el6.x86_64 on an x86_64
Please let me know if more information is required.
looks like a terminal issue. That means top assumes a terminal type but actually the terminal cannot handle those characters properly. What kind of terminal is it? How is your TERM variable set?
looks like a terminal issue. That means top assumes a terminal type but actually the terminal cannot handle those characters properly. What kind of terminal is it? How is your TERM variable set?
Thanks for your reply
I ran the echo $TERM command and the result was vt220. Unfortunately, I don't know how to find the information for the TERM variable- does the following help? This is from the .profile:
CR="unknown${TERM}"
if [ $CR = "unknown" ]
then
TERM="vt220" ; export TERM
fi
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