Top Command in batch mode Using top

running top command in batch mode. it is usefull

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top - 11:15:25 up 17 days,  2:38,  2 users,  load average: Tasks: 123 total,   1 running, 122 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie Cpu(s):  5.8%us,  5.5%sy,  0.0%ni, 78.0%id, 10.3%wa,  0.0%hi,  0.2%si, Mem:   1027120k total,   613892k used,   413228k free,    40684k buffers Swap:  1542200k total,    19252k used,  1522948k free,   179532k cached

PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND 1 root      20   0   864   72   40 S  0.0  0.0   0:07.44 init 2 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.02 kthreadd 3 root      RT  -5     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.00 migration/0 4 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:02.38 ksoftirqd/0 5 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:15.28 events/0 6 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:10.24 khelper 7 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   2:26.59 kblockd/0 8 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.00 kacpid 9 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.00 kacpi_notify 10 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.00 cqueue 11 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.00 kseriod 12 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.00 kondemand/0 15 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   4:24.59 kswapd0 16 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.00 aio/0 17 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.00 kpsmoused 61 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.00 scsi_eh_0 65 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:37.53 ata/0 66 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.00 ata_aux 72 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:17.98 scsi_eh_1 73 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.00 scsi_eh_2 304 postfix   20   0 45376 2316 1796 S  0.0  0.2   0:00.04 pickup 425 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   2:38.72 kjournald 489 root      16  -4 12428  348  344 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.54 udevd 919 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.00 kauditd 933 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.00 kstriped 1027 postfix   20   0 48184 3344 2196 S  0.0  0.3   0:00.06 cleanup 1035 postfix   20   0 45596 2912 2188 S  0.0  0.3   0:00.02 local 1268 messageb  20   0 14872  816  604 S  0.0  0.1   0:04.36 dbus-daemon 1281 root      20   0 14328  544  540 S  0.0  0.1   0:00.00 resmgrd 1291 root      20   0  3824  460  456 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.00 acpid 1320 root      20   0 32956 1152  944 S  0.0  0.1   0:01.18 console-kit-dae 1396 haldaemo  20   0 33128 1408 1036 S  0.0  0.1   0:03.86 hald 1397 root      20   0 17804  588  584 S  0.0  0.1   0:00.00 hald-runner 1408 root      20   0 24056  556  552 S  0.0  0.1   0:00.00 hald-addon-inpu 1411 haldaemo  20   0 20776  624  620 S  0.0  0.1   0:00.00 hald-addon-acpi 1413 root      20   0 24060  636  560 S  0.0  0.1   0:22.00 hald-addon-stor 1419 root      20   0 24060  628  560 S  0.0  0.1   0:01.44 hald-addon-stor 1903 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.08 cifsoplockd 1904 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.26 cifsdnotifyd 1909 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   4:47.62 cifsd 2000 root      20   0 87628 3352 2524 S  0.0  0.3   0:00.00 sshd 2006 root      20   0 23456 2536 1708 S  0.0  0.2   0:00.02 bash 2042 root      20   0 16796 1172  852 R  0.0  0.1   0:00.00 top 2065 root      20   0  4092  340  336 S  0.0  0.0   0:26.46 klogd 2066 root      20   0 18892  784  608 S  0.0  0.1   0:55.01 syslog-ng 2080 bin       20   0  5904  332  328 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.00 portmap 2089 avahi     20   0 27652 1128 1016 S  0.0  0.1   0:01.14 avahi-daemon 2152 root      20   0 10156  408  404 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.00 avahi-dnsconfd 2192 root      20   0 29768  824  716 S  0.0  0.1   0:00.54 powersaved 2195 ntp       20   0 25400  964  852 S  0.0  0.1   0:09.36 ntpd 2199 root      20   0 64952 1316 1312 S  0.0  0.1   0:00.00 cupsd 2204 root      20   0 62120  772  652 S  0.0  0.1   0:06.22 sshd 2265 root      20   0 17036  984  824 S  0.0  0.1  20:07.96 vmware-guestd 2371 root      20   0 37896 1812 1692 S  0.0  0.2   0:45.59 master 2395 postfix   20   0 39980 2012 1784 S  0.0  0.2   0:41.51 qmgr 2425 root      20   0 52380 1628 1064 S  0.0  0.2   0:15.12 miniserv.pl 2436 root      20   0 12420  568  480 S  0.0  0.1   0:04.42 cron 2469 zabbix    25   5  1944  188  172 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.00 zabbix_agentd 2473 zabbix    25   5  1944  316  280 S  0.0  0.0   8:51.49 zabbix_agentd 2474 zabbix    25   5  1952  428  348 S  0.0  0.0   2:03.51 zabbix_agentd 2475 zabbix    25   5  1952  416  336 S  0.0  0.0   2:05.36 zabbix_agentd 2476 zabbix    25   5  1952  416  336 S  0.0  0.0   2:03.58 zabbix_agentd 2477 zabbix    25   5  2004  292  236 S  0.0  0.0   0:01.76 zabbix_agentd 2545 root      20   0 65760 1068 1064 S  0.0  0.1   0:00.20 login 2547 root      20   0  4316  604  600 S  0.0  0.1   0:00.10 mingetty 2549 root      20   0  4316  584  580 S  0.0  0.1   0:00.00 mingetty 2551 root      20   0  4316  584  580 S  0.0  0.1   0:00.00 mingetty 2553 root      20   0  4316  584  580 S  0.0  0.1   0:00.00 mingetty 2561 root      20   0  4316  584  580 S  0.0  0.1   0:00.00 mingetty 14332 root      20   0     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:02.20 pdflush 15764 root      20   0  392m 9.9m 5772 S  0.0  1.0   0:19.96 httpd2-prefork 16237 root      20   0     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:31.00 pdflush 29756 root      20   0 23476 1440 1436 S  0.0  0.1   0:00.06 bash 32293 wwwrun    20   0  395m  16m 9640 S  0.0  1.6   0:00.02 httpd2-prefork 32294 wwwrun    20   0  408m  35m  16m S  0.0  3.6   0:00.24 httpd2-prefork 32295 wwwrun    20   0  401m  27m  15m S  0.0  2.7   0:00.08 httpd2-prefork 32296 wwwrun    20   0  399m  24m  13m S  0.0  2.4   0:00.24 httpd2-prefork 32297 wwwrun    20   0  395m  16m 9932 S  0.0  1.6   0:00.04 httpd2-prefork 32298 wwwrun    20   0  410m  51m  30m S  0.0  5.1   0:00.36 httpd2-prefork 32299 wwwrun    20   0  398m  23m  14m S  0.0  2.4   0:00.14 httpd2-prefork 32300 wwwrun    20   0  395m  16m 9.8m S  0.0  1.6   0:00.02 httpd2-prefork 32301 wwwrun    20   0  395m  15m 9644 S  0.0  1.6   0:00.00 httpd2-prefork 32302 wwwrun    20   0  395m  16m 9636 S  0.0  1.6   0:00.02 httpd2-prefork 32303 wwwrun    20   0  396m  21m  13m S  0.0  2.1   0:00.08 httpd2-prefork 32304 wwwrun    20   0  395m  16m 9636 S  0.0  1.6   0:00.04 httpd2-prefork 32305 wwwrun    20   0  398m  25m  16m S  0.0  2.5   0:00.16 httpd2-prefork 32306 wwwrun    20   0  395m  16m 9.8m S  0.0  1.6   0:00.04 httpd2-prefork 32307 wwwrun    20   0  400m  26m  15m S  0.0  2.6   0:00.08 httpd2-prefork 32308 wwwrun    20   0  392m 5080  732 S  0.0  0.5   0:00.00 httpd2-prefork 32309 wwwrun    20   0  396m  18m  11m S  0.0  1.8   0:00.06 httpd2-prefork 32310 wwwrun    20   0  395m  15m 9636 S  0.0  1.6   0:00.00 httpd2-prefork 32311 wwwrun    20   0  400m  24m  13m S  0.0  2.4   0:00.34 httpd2-prefork 32312 wwwrun    20   0  396m  17m  10m S  0.0  1.7   0:00.06 httpd2-prefork 32313 wwwrun    20   0  395m  16m 9992 S  0.0  1.6   0:00.02 httpd2-prefork 32314 wwwrun    20   0  399m  30m  22m S  0.0  3.0   0:00.46 httpd2-prefork 32315 wwwrun    20   0  395m  16m 9640 S  0.0  1.6   0:00.04 httpd2-prefork 32316 wwwrun    20   0  396m  18m  11m S  0.0  1.9   0:00.04 httpd2-prefork 32317 wwwrun    20   0  400m  25m  14m S  0.0  2.5   0:00.06 httpd2-prefork 32318 wwwrun    20   0  400m  26m  15m S  0.0  2.6   0:00.14 httpd2-prefork 32319 wwwrun    20   0  396m  17m  10m S  0.0  1.8   0:00.08 httpd2-prefork 32320 wwwrun    20   0  400m  25m  14m S  0.0  2.5   0:00.08 httpd2-prefork 32321 wwwrun    20   0  392m 5476 1112 S  0.0  0.5   0:00.00 httpd2-prefork 32322 wwwrun    20   0  395m  15m 9636 S  0.0  1.6   0:00.00 httpd2-prefork 32323 wwwrun    20   0  399m  24m  14m S  0.0  2.5   0:00.04 httpd2-prefork 32324 wwwrun    20   0  395m  16m 9636 S  0.0  1.6   0:00.02 httpd2-prefork 32325 wwwrun    20   0  399m  26m  16m S  0.0  2.7   0:00.20 httpd2-prefork 32326 wwwrun    20   0  395m  16m 9636 S  0.0  1.6   0:00.02 httpd2-prefork 32327 wwwrun    20   0  397m  19m  11m S  0.0  1.9   0:00.04 httpd2-prefork 32328 wwwrun    20   0  395m  16m   9m S  0.0  1.6   0:00.02 httpd2-prefork 32329 wwwrun    20   0  395m  16m 9924 S  0.0  1.6   0:00.02 httpd2-prefork 32330 wwwrun    20   0  399m  23m  14m S  0.0  2.4   0:00.12 httpd2-prefork 32331 wwwrun    20   0  395m  15m 9640 S  0.0  1.6   0:00.02 httpd2-prefork 32332 wwwrun    20   0  398m  26m  17m S  0.0  2.7   0:00.34 httpd2-prefork 32333 wwwrun    20   0  396m  18m  11m S  0.0  1.8   0:00.02 httpd2-prefork 32334 wwwrun    20   0  395m  16m 9.9m S  0.0  1.7   0:00.06 httpd2-prefork 32335 wwwrun    20   0  402m  36m  25m S  0.0  3.7   0:00.74 httpd2-prefork 32336 wwwrun    20   0  398m  23m  14m S  0.0  2.3   0:00.06 httpd2-prefork 32337 wwwrun    20   0  395m  16m 9996 S  0.0  1.6   0:00.02 httpd2-prefork 32338 wwwrun    20   0  396m  17m  10m S  0.0  1.7   0:00.02 httpd2-prefork 32339 wwwrun    20   0  398m  23m  14m S  0.0  2.3   0:00.10 httpd2-prefork 32340 wwwrun    20   0  395m  15m 9644 S  0.0  1.6   0:00.00 httpd2-prefork 32341 wwwrun    20   0  397m  24m  16m S  0.0  2.5   0:00.12 httpd2-prefork 32342 wwwrun    20   0  395m  16m 9.9m S  0.0  1.6   0:00.02 httpd2-prefo

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very useful, thanks! +1
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