In terminal, running top, info extends past the view of the window
I assume this occurs in more terminal functions than just top. Is there a way to view the information without resizing the console window? I currently have my console window set to open at 80x24, which is far too short in both columns and rows to display all the information.
Solution 1:
You can select the columns you want to display with -stats:
top -stats pid,cpu,command
See man top for a full list of available columns (listed under -o), the most interesting ones probably are
-
pid: Process ID -
command: The name of the command -
cpu: CPU usage -
time: Execution time -
vsize: Total memory size -
state: Process state -
uid: User ID (oruserfor user name)