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Old 08-22-2008
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Exit TOP command after 1 min
Hi,

I am running following command: top -p <psid> | grep used

I want to send o/p of above command to some txt file but it do not break as it keeps going. How can I exit 'top -p <psid> | grep used' after certain time like 1 min or 2 mins?