process monitors for Linux – comparing top and htop

process monitors for Linux – CLI 51 – comparing top and htop – usage tutorial

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Difficulty Level: Beginner
Prerequisites: basic understanding of linux system usage

In this video we are going to be looking at the comparison between two system monitor tools: top and htop; these two text based tools are commonly used to keep track of processes on a system.

Video timeline
00:00 intro
01:27 launching top
07:42 launching htop
13:17 common usages for top
13:36 1) z – color
14:05 2) 1 – CPU aggregate/individual toggle
14:31 3) t – CPU display mode
15:42 4) m – memory display mode
16:34 5) c – command line display
16:51 6) x – sort field display
17:17 6) ＜, ＞ – sort field selection
17:51 7) L – Locate/search
18:34 8) u, o – Filter
20:21 9) V – Tree/Forest view
20:46 10) k – kill process

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