Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:27:31 -0600 (CST) From: Philip Hallstrom <freebsd@philip.pjkh.com> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> Cc: Peter aka SweetPete <swtpete@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: binary called "top" not have realtime filter/search? [#SHAZBOTAA7235423352662A] Message-ID: <20070112192639.Q67707@bravo.pjkh.com> In-Reply-To: <20070113010737.GC1715@kobe.laptop> References: <ad32ec270701121402x78ba753ib5726a117c38f435@mail.gmail.com> <20070113010737.GC1715@kobe.laptop>
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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 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 username is already there... u Display only processes owned by a specific username (prompt for username). If the username specified is simply "+", then processes belonging to all users will be displayed. -philip
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