From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 2 19:11:36 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 263271065737 for ; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 19:11:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net) Received: from mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (rachie.is-a-geek.net [66.230.99.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7D938FC3F for ; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 19:11:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net) Received: from sarevok.dnr.servegame.org (mailhub.lan.rachie.is-a-geek.net [192.168.2.11]) by mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79A157E837; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 11:11:34 -0800 (AKDT) From: Mel Flynn To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 21:11:32 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.11.3 (FreeBSD/8.0-CURRENT; KDE/4.2.3; i386; ; ) References: <200906012300.43296.slogster@gmail.com> <4A24BDAA.4030503@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4A24BDAA.4030503@infracaninophile.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-6" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200906022111.32855.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> Cc: Momchil Ivanov Subject: Re: top view different screens 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: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:11:36 -0000 On Tuesday 02 June 2009 07:50:34 Matthew Seaman wrote: > Momchil Ivanov wrote: > > how can I view the second and third screens in top? Is it possible? > > Ah, now for that you'ld have to use middle(1) and bottom(1), Unfortunately > no one has written them yet... > > Seriously though: you can run top in an xterm and make the window as tall > as you can bear, you can filter the top output by username, turn the > display of idle processes on or off, sort the output order by any of the > columns shown, or else you can forget top(1) entirely and use ps(1) to > examine the whole process list. I'd still appreciate the feature myself. sysutils/pftop has a pager, granted it's a bit more important there, but sometimes (especially on 80x25 consoles with your colo's airco breathing down your neck) it's convenient. You can work around it, by dumping output to file and loading that in your favorite editor. -- Mel