The resemblance in the output between ps and top is uncanny ;) -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Genti Hila Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 1:21 PM To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: Re: sort "top" output and then save to file I thought about it but since I am more familiar with top thought maybe top would do such a job as well. On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 4:13 PM, Paul Copeland <PCopeland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Use ps command. Get the columns and sort you want and redirect the > output - Assumming you want a snapshot. > > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Genti Hila > Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 1:12 PM > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: sort "top" output and then save to file > > I am trying to save all the processes into a file by using top command: > > top -cSb n 1 > proc.txt > > It works fine but I want to sort it descending by the amount of memory > each proccess takes (descending). > > I know how to do that interactively but how can i do when I run it as > a batch and save the output to a file. > > I need to see some program that I think has some memory leaking problem. > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list