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Old 12-02-2012
Top utility in bash for loop

Dear All,

is it possible to use top utility in for loop?

I am trying to get top swap space consuming processes in my for loop.
I got multiple way (using /proc FS) however have anybody used top command in for loop? Using /proc FS giving solutionbut itrs more complex. Please suggest if anybody has simpler solution
# 2  
Old 12-02-2012
You can do the following to achieve this:-
  • Run top command
top
  • Press O and then p to select sort by SWAP usage.
  • Press W to save this settings it to .toprc file
  • Now you can put below command in loop to get the list of processes sorted by SWAP usage:-
top -n 1

I hope this helps.
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Old 12-02-2012
Thanks for reply Bipin!!!

However this method works only on terminal... any trick to use it in bash script/loop...

I meant, how the script will understand option O and P in for loop/shell script
# 4  
Old 12-02-2012
Once you have saved the settings to .toprc using W option, then you don't have to use option O & p anymore. Your top command will always display processes sorted by SWAP usage. Please give it a try and see if you are getting the desired result.
# 5  
Old 12-03-2012
Hi, you can use something like:
Code:
top -o size -n 1


Last edited by Franklin52; 12-03-2012 at 07:21 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for data and code samples
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