Top processes sorted by CPU usage

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Top processes sorted by CPU usage

Posted in System by matt 253 days ago

This geeklet displays the top 12 processes sorted by their CPU usage. It updates every 30 seconds.

The three columns it shows are given by "command %cpu %mem." You can delete one of those if you don't want it. You can change "head -13" at the end of the command to specify how many processes to show.

Command: ps -arcwwwxo "command %cpu %mem" | grep -v grep | head -13
Font: Courier
Colour: White
Size: 11

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proccessescpu.glet

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Comments

Written by maelcum
241 days ago

Why the 'grep -v grep'?

ps -amcwwwxo "command %cpu %mem" | head -13

works nicely for me.

Written by matt
223 days ago

Ah, oops. While I was playing around with different versions of the script I had grep -v grep to remove grep from the list if it appears. As you say, it's completely unnecessary in the script as it is above.

Written by llorban
162 days ago

How did you get the columns to show in such an orderly fashion? Each line on mine is offset

edit: I see now you used courier font