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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Limit process number in TOP command outupt Post 302738885 by vikram3.r on Monday 3rd of December 2012 04:57:15 AM
Old 12-03-2012
Limit process number in TOP command outupt

Linux top command prints more than 40 processes.
Code:
top -b -n 1 > Top_Output.txt

Is there a straight-forward option/way to limit only till the top 5 processes.

( Instead of using head, tail or other unix commands together)

Last edited by vbe; 12-03-2012 at 10:35 AM.. Reason: Do you mind using code tags!
 

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NAME
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Graphics::Primitive::Insets represents the amount of space that surrounds something. This object can be used to represent either padding or margins (in the CSS sense, one being inside the bounding box, the other being outside) SYNOPSIS
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