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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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Old 12-03-2012
This is the solution:
Code:
top -b 5 -n 1

In any way:

top [N] where N is the number of the process, any other number after -n will be used as count number.

Last edited by vbe; 12-03-2012 at 10:35 AM..
 
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