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From: smcarey@rodan.syr.edu (Shawn M Carey)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: I hope this won't ignite a major flame war, but I've got to know!
Date: 24 Jul 1994 00:34:55 GMT
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
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In article <30rt2h$oka@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> peter@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (Peter da Silva) writes:
>In article <30pl71$m1@newstand.syr.edu>,
>Shawn M Carey <smcarey@rodan.syr.edu> wrote:
>>One thing I find annoying about SysV 'ps' is that you can't tell which
>>process is using the most CPU,
>
>ps -ef | sort -rn +0.40

Yes, this will show you which processes have used the most CPU over
thier lifespans, but it doesn't show you which ones are burning the
hottest at the moment you run ps.  I understand this isn't that big
a deal since top runs on both SysV and BSD, and it shows CPU burners
(and RAM burners) better than ps does...

-Shawn Carey