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Old 09-30-2010
Capturing the CPU% used by a process

Hi,

I just wonder I need to write a script where I can check if a particular process is consuming X amount of CPU. I was thinking of using the ps command but doesn't seems to work. Any ideas. Thanks.
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Old 09-30-2010
Which OS are you using?
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Old 09-30-2010
At least on Solaris:
Code:
ps -p pid -o pid,pcpu,comm

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