Thats right Marshall, infact I did think of top -n1 -b | head -<number> but did not like and thought that there would be something which can be done with top itself with out taking any other help like pipe .. Regards, Nikhil On 9/9/05, McDougall, Marshall (FSH) <MarMcDouga@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of mnikhil m > Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 5:14 AM > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: limit number of process in top with non-interactive mode > > > Top command in Linux is allowing to control the number of processes only > in > the > interactive mode. I want to control the number of processes in > non-interactive batch > mode. Is there any other version of top available ? Or is there a way to > do > so with > the current version itself? > > Note: Manual page for top is inappropriate with the command. > For example, "top 10" reports an improper use of command though it is > valid > according to the man page. > [Actually this is asked by one of my colleague, asking here as I am out > of > answer] > Regards, > Nikhil > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > If you are looking to do it non-interactively, just add a couple more > lines to your batch job to get the desired outcome. I am not the best > scripter, but something like: > > Top -b -n 1 > /tmp/top.txt > Head -n 22 /tmp/top.txt > /tmp/top2.txt > > This gives me all the top header info and the first 10 processes. I > know it's not pretty, but you get the idea. > > Regards, Marshall > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subjecthttps://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
