Tim: >> Might be easier to just pipe the text output from "top" to a file, a >> few times, and post those text files. JD: > that would contain cursor postioning codes which would really mess > up the text file. > As the adage says: A picture tells a thousand words. Hmm, I thought top had an option for a plain text output, but I can't see anything suitable in the man file. Maybe, long ago, when I did something like that, I just did "less -R output" ("output" being the top text file). -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.9.10-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Jul 14 01:31:27 UTC 2013 x86_64 All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the public lists. George Orwell's '1984' was supposed to be a warning against tyranny, not a set of instructions for supposedly democratic governments. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org