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Show all cpu cores

Press 1.

Show absolute path of the processes

Press c.

Show swap

Press f, use arrow keys to move to SWAP, press space bar to select, press esc. Swap will show on the right hand side.

Sort by something

Press f, move to the field you want to sort by, press s to sort then esc.

View number of threads and sort by it

Press f, move to nTH, press speacebar to choose, press s to sort, press esc.

Sort by memory

Press M.

Sort by CPU

Press P.

Sort by Pid

Press N.

Time running

Press T for highest time. Press M for highest mem used and time.

Display only for one user

$ top -u <user>

All idle processes

Press i.

Change priority of a process (renice)

Press r <pid>, type range -20 to 19, where -20 is the highest priority.

Kill Pid

Press k <pid>.

Display full username

Press X and then type 10.

Change refresh rate

Press d <num>. The number is in seconds.

Display in crazy color

Press z.

Save top command results in file

$ top -n 1 -b > top-output.txt

Getting top command help

Press h.

Exit top command after specific repetition

$ top -n 10

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-=== All cpu ===
+=== Show all cpu cores ===
 Press 1.
-=== Full process string ===
+=== Show absolute path of the processes ===
 Press c.
 === Show swap ===
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 === Change priority of a process (renice) ===
 Press r <pid>, type range -20 to 19, where -20 is the highest priority.
+=== Kill Pid ===
+Press k <pid>.
+=== Display full username ===
+Press X and then type 10.
+=== Change refresh rate ===
+Press d <num>. The number is in seconds.
+=== Display in crazy color ===
+Press z.
+=== Save top command results in file ===
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">$ top -n 1 -b > top-output.txt</syntaxhighlight>
+=== Getting top command help ===
+Press h.
+=== Exit top command after specific repetition ===
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">$ top -n 10</syntaxhighlight>
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