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Old 02-01-2017, 09:41 AM   #1
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Running "top" command in Batch mode.

Hi all.Hope you are doing great! I want to know that , What is the use of batch mode in top command in Linux? When it is used mainly or what purpose it serve and what is the use of adding "delay on it ". Please elaborate it in details. Thanks
 
Old 02-01-2017, 09:50 AM   #2
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Believe it or not, that's explained in
Code:
man top
grok for "Kernel Magic" (no quotes)

batch mode is simply "run and done" for this interactive utility, notably,
dumping to file, I guess.
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