How to find out which python script is using resources?
Can someone tell me how to find out which python script is using lots of system resources?
I can see with the 'top' command that a process called "python" is always near the top of the list.
2603 jesse 20 0 159m 27m 13m S 6 1.4 1:47.74 python
Can someone tell me how to find this specific python script's name?
I could go through the arduous process of disabling startup apps/processes until I finally found the one that starts this python process but there must be a better way of determining what exactly this python process is, yes?
Doing a ps -AH
doesn't yield anything useful.
ps -AH
1 ? 00:00:00 init
...
1325 ? 00:00:00 lightdm
1382 tty7 00:01:57 Xorg
2265 ? 00:00:00 lightdm
2510 ? 00:00:00 gnome-session
2546 ? 00:00:00 ssh-agent
2560 ? 00:00:02 gnome-settings-
2582 ? 00:00:01 syndaemon
2578 ? 00:00:49 compiz
3009 ? 00:00:00 sh
3010 ? 00:00:01 gtk-window-deco
2590 ? 00:00:00 nm-applet
2591 ? 00:00:00 bluetooth-apple
2592 ? 00:00:00 indicator-ubunt
2593 ? 00:00:00 gnome-fallback-
2600 ? 00:00:05 nautilus
2601 ? 00:00:00 everpad
2603 ? 00:02:24 python
I've found the answer myself!
It's
ps -Ao pid,cmd
-
-A
= Show All Processes -
-o pid,cmd
= display options: process id, full command string
Adding -H
gives you a tree listing so you can see which process started which other process.
ps -AHo pid,cmd
Turns out for me the process in question was /usr/share/screenlets/screenlets-pack-basic/Sysmonitor/SysmonitorScreenlet.py
I think I'll turn off that sysmonitor screenlet since it constantly polls the CPU and uses more memory than than the entire rest of the desktop.