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Old 07-16-2011
Question top -l 1 invalid option.

Hi,

I am using below command to get the High CPU Utilization.

Code:
top -l 1| awk ‘/CPU usage/ {print $12, $13}’

I am getting below error.

Code:
ksh: 1: parameter not set
top: illegal option -- l
Usage:  top [-u] [-w] [-q] [-P] [-dx] [-sx] [-p pset_id] [-n number] [-f filename]
Usage: awk [-F fs][-v Assignment][-f Progfile|Program][Assignment|File] ...


Could you please suggest the appropriate solution.

Thanks.

Last edited by radoulov; 07-16-2011 at 04:33 PM.. Reason: Code tags, please!
# 2  
Old 07-17-2011
Hi wahab,
There is no "-l" command line option in "top" and why do you want to use awk when there are sufficient options for the output you desire try
Code:
 man top

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# 3  
Old 07-17-2011
Hi ,

Thanks Mayur for your inputs..

I need a PID of the highest CPU consuming process.

#!/usr/bin/ksh
cpu_usage_limit=60 #In percentage
host=`hostname`

top -l 1| awk ‘/CPU usage/ {print $3, $12}’ >> $host_top_output.txt
usage=`grep "^ *$1 " $host_top_output.txt | awk '{print $2}' | sed 's/%//'`
PID=`grep "^ *$1 " $host_top_output.txt | awk '{print $1}'`

if [[ $usage -gt $cpu_usage_limit ]] then

SQL_Statement to get the SQL code of high CPU consuming process by using the above PID.


Is there any other way to grep CPU & PID using TOP command in HP-UX system?
# 4  
Old 07-17-2011
Try this:

Code:
top -n1 -b -H | egrep -A1 PID | tail -1 | awk '{print $1}'

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