[root@bashscript]#top
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
NI Refer to the Nice Value of the Process
RES Indicate Resident Task Size
SHR mention Shared Memory Used
S Status of the Task S-Sleeping R Running T Stopped or Traced

Top Command Shortcut Key
k | Kill the process |
d | Top Command refresh time |
c | Display absolute path or commend |
z,b | Highlight running process |
n | Display No of tast |
w | Save the top command output |
q | Quit The Top command |
SHORTING | |
M | Short By Memory Usage |
P | Short By CPU Usage |
T | Short by Timing |
U | List by User-name |
1) Top Command Signal
Signal | Meaning |
R | Running |
S | Sleeping |
D | Uninterpretable sleep |
T | Traced stopped |
Z | Zombie Process (hang) |
#cat /proc/<pid>/status
3) "o" Display the Column Details
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
2685 root 15 0 35404 8604 5828 S 30.3 1.7 1:28.94 Xorg
2887 root 15 0 63328 15m 9752 R 7.3 3.0 0:07.50 gnome-terminal
2841 root 15 0 46036 10m 8200 S 2.0 2.1 0:02.17 wnck-applet
2779 root 15 0 33460 7928 6596 S 1.3 1.5 0:01.66 gnome-settings-
2784 root 15 0 16428 7816 6304 S 0.7 1.5 0:03.64 metacity
2788 root 15 0 47060 11m 8880 S 0.7 2.3 0:01.89 gnome-panel
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