Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 03:07:37 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> To: Peter aka SweetPete <swtpete@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: binary called "top" not have realtime filter/search? [#SHAZBOTAA7235423352662A] Message-ID: <20070113010737.GC1715@kobe.laptop> In-Reply-To: <ad32ec270701121402x78ba753ib5726a117c38f435@mail.gmail.com> References: <ad32ec270701121402x78ba753ib5726a117c38f435@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2007-01-12 14:02, Peter aka SweetPete <swtpete@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've red the manpage for "top" (from heh heh "top" to bottom...),
> and I am amazed that there is not a feature to hit '/' or '?' in
> order to search and display only processes which match a certain
> keyword/search term. For example, a user running top could hit '/'
> and enter "fire", which would display processes related to
> "firefox."
That's an excellent idea :)
Should we also allow for limiting by other stuff too, i.e. like the
'l' command in the mail/mutt mailer accepts a 'limit pattern' with a
syntax like:
Limiting by PID
~p minpid-maxpid only show pids in [minpid...maxpid]
~p <maxpid only show pids less than maxpid
~p >minpid only show pids greater than minpid
Limiting by username or user ID
~u username only show processes of user `username'
~U uid only show processes of user uid
~U uidmin-uidmax only show processes of users minuid-maxuid
Limiting by number of threads
~t minthr-maxthr only show processes with minthr-maxthr threads
~t <maxthr only show processes with less than maxthr threads
~t >minthr only show processes with more than minthr threads
Limiting by priority
~P minpri-maxpri only show processes with minpri-maxpri priority
~P <maxpri only show processes with less than maxpri priority
~P >minpri
[...]
You get the idea...
> What is the best way to get (such) a feature added to "top?!" I know
> I know, I'm always causing mayhem. *grin*
If you have a patch to submit, I'm sure we can find people who are
interested in reviewing, testing and committing it.
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