Sorted tree view in htop or alternative?

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I am running a Debian flavor of Linux, and I use htop to keep track of memory usage, since it is more detailed than top. I can't seem to get it to sort by memory and display process trees at the same time. Is there a way to do this with htop or an alternative?

score 13 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 19 '19 at 10:24

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A 2019 update on this 2014 question that ranked highly when searching for this topic is that htop has this built in now, and in the current version 2.2.0, simply pressing t in the default view generates a process hierarchy.

answered Aug 19 '19 at 10:24

Rich L

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score 8 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 05 '18 at 19:00

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Looks like Glances should have what you need:

glances --tree

And then sort using commands m,t, i etc. Full command reference

edited Sep 05 '18 at 19:00

ComputerDruid

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answered Jun 09 '17 at 17:11

pkk

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 02 '22 at 13:14

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In htop version 3 (I believe, 3.0.3 to be exact) you can sort by other columns than pid even in tree mode.

See the changelog.

It's not perfect, because it doesn't aggregate memory from sub processes, but it's a nice feature nonetheless.

answered Jun 02 '22 at 13:14

Dario Seidl

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered May 02 '14 at 09:26

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Not with htop (and probably with any other alternative) as both views are mutually exclusive: either you list processes sorted by memory, or respect the PPID/PID tree view. You can have both at the same time.

answered May 02 '14 at 09:26

dawud

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Sorted tree view in htop or alternative?

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