show only certain rows with top

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Using Geektool I want to output some of the stats that top spits out on my desktop, but not all of them. Rather than calling top | grep "Line_I_want_to_spit_out" for each different line I want it to show(resulting in 5-6 separate calls to top), is it possible to just call top once and select the lines I want it to show? (ex. show Processes, CPU usage, PhysMem, and the top 10 processes ordered by cpu)

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 13 '13 at 20:31

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If you're not averse to using grep, you can do something like top | grep -E "Line1|Line2|etc"

answered Feb 13 '13 at 20:31

BowlesCR

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score -1 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 12 '16 at 21:44

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Use:

ps -arcwwwxo "command %cpu %mem" | grep -v grep | head -9

edited Dec 12 '16 at 21:44

Gareth

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answered Dec 12 '16 at 21:12

rob

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show only certain rows with top

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