How can I use "top" to show all of the processes

preswang · 10-12-2003, 11:21 AM

747M memory is used but I have closed all the window in RH9. I use top to see what process occur my memory, but the list is too small, only about 10 tasks, and the total processes is 70, how can I list them all and then I want to kill one or two of them which eat my memory too much!

hw-tph · 10-12-2003, 11:38 AM

I believe the equals character ("=") does this, but I'm a little unsure. Try man top.

hw

preswang · 10-12-2003, 11:43 AM

Mm... top does not accept "=",
and I just can't find the answer by using man top.

ranger_nemo · 10-12-2003, 11:46 AM

In top, you can hit "h" to get a help list of options you can use. Specific'ly, you can use 'M' or 'P' to sort by memory of cpu usage.

preswang · 10-12-2003, 01:08 PM

thanks, ranger_nemo. I have tried M and P, but I actually need top to list all the processes, not just sort.

nlummer · 10-15-2003, 04:20 AM

try something like

ps -eo vsize,pid,dsiz,tsiz,rssize,comm --sort vsize

porous · 10-15-2003, 10:37 AM

i am not sure abt this (coz i am a newbie to linux )

#ps -aux

i hope this will list all the process , am i write some one correct me ...

sandiegon · 10-15-2003, 07:06 PM

try ps auxf

sandiegon · 10-15-2003, 07:24 PM

oops
try " ps -auxf"

Kurt M. Weber · 10-15-2003, 07:27 PM

Yeah, ps is your answer. top is SUPPOSED to show only a certain number of processes; that's where the 'top' comes from (it shows your "top" processes, see?).

preswang · 10-16-2003, 02:32 AM

Great! thank you