11576 286632 21435 00:00:00 /usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromium-browser --type=zygote 12408 85576 1976 00:00:23 /usr/sbin/sensord -f daemon 12684 271056 21433 00:00:01 /usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromium-browser 14004 351984 3667 00:49:28 transmission 32896 430588 21472 00:58:49 /usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromium-browser --type=plugin --plugin-path=/ 46172 524200 21427 00:29:39 /usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromium-browser 64136 254288 26976 00:07:54 emacs 110132 656312 2654 00:20:56 x-terminal-emulator 169184 1046048 21468 00:03:40 /usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromium-browser --type=renderer --lang=en-U 200040 299020 1885 09:35:08 /usr/bin/X :0 vt7 -nolisten tcp -auth /var/lib/xdm/authdir/authfiles/A:0
ps returns all running processes which are then sorted by the 4th field in numerical order and the top 10 are sent to STDOUT. Show Sample Output
Display the top processes sorted by memory usage. This is mostly useful because it's easy to remember and can give me a quick 'top' view of a group of servers when used over pssh. (Though I'd recommend |head -10 to minimize the output). Show Sample Output
This command is better for just displaying the memory in KiB. Show Sample Output
Any thoughts on this command? Does it work on your machine? Can you do the same thing with only 14 characters?
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