From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 13 01:45:10 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F1C116A417; Sat, 13 Jan 2007 01:45:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@philip.pjkh.com) Received: from bravo.pjkh.com (bravo.pjkh.com [72.36.232.219]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4EB513C441; Sat, 13 Jan 2007 01:45:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@philip.pjkh.com) Received: from bravo.pjkh.com (bravo.pjkh.com [72.36.232.219]) by bravo.pjkh.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 734EE13C972; Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:27:31 -0600 (CST) Received: by bravo.pjkh.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 28EEB13C83C; Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:27:31 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bravo.pjkh.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2748213C82C; Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:27:31 -0600 (CST) Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:27:31 -0600 (CST) From: Philip Hallstrom To: Giorgos Keramidas In-Reply-To: <20070113010737.GC1715@kobe.laptop> Message-ID: <20070112192639.Q67707@bravo.pjkh.com> References: <20070113010737.GC1715@kobe.laptop> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Cc: Peter aka SweetPete , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: binary called "top" not have realtime filter/search? [#SHAZBOTAA7235423352662A] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 01:45:10 -0000 > On 2007-01-12 14:02, Peter aka SweetPete 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