Monitoring Processes With top

Monitoring Processes With top

The top and gr_top commands are the most convenient utilities provided with IRIX to monitor the top CPU-using processes on your system. These utilities display the top such processes dynamically, that is, if a listed process exits, it is removed from the table and the next-highest CPU-using process takes its place. gr_top graphically displays the same information as top. If you are using a non-graphics server, you cannot use gr_top locally, but you can use it if you set the display to another system on the network that does have graphics capability. For complete information on configuring and using top and gr_top, consult the top(1) and gr_top(1) reference pages. For information on resetting the display, see "Displaying Windows on Alternate Workstations".