Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1125 mails)

[James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx>]

George Olson wrote:
> However, sometimes when my system slows down, I can only access 
> information if I ctrl-alt-f1 to a terminal and use the command line. 
> Is there a good command line command that will give cpu usage 
> information and the process id for whatever is using the cpu?
>
> I use ps ax to look at my processes, but I haven't been able to figure 
> out how to show much cpu each process may be using on the command line.
>
> Same thing for memory. I use free for showing the amount of free 
> memory, but what command gives the process id and memory that it is 
> using at the same time?

Try "top".

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