NAME

mtop - minimalist process monitor for Unix systems

SYNOPSIS

mtop [OPTION]

DESCRIPTION

mtop provides a minimalistic dynamic real-time view of a running system. It can display several modes, all of them intended to have a clean view of the system processes.

COMMAND-LINE Options

The command-line syntax for mtop consists of:

-i, —interval

seconds between command outputs

-p, —pattern

pattern to filter the processes in monitor mode

-l, —lines

lines to display in monitor mode

-m, —mode

select in which mode to run

—help

display this help and exit

MODES

different running modes are supported when using the —m (—mode) command line option:

monitor - shows CPU, Memory and processes running in the system

min - minimalistic mode shows only CPU and Memory

agg - aggregate CPU and Memory by user in the system

OPERATION

while mtop is running in monitor or aggregated mode, there are several keys that can be used to modify the program behaviour:


key description

c order processes by CPU usage

m order processes by Memory consumption

q quit