Redirecting output of "top" to a file

[Shivkumar]

Dear Sirs,

How to redirect the output of "top" command to a file ?

Actually i tried with the command top > test1
but the output was not in a readable format.

Thanks,
Shiv

[Ranjith_5]

Hi Shiva,

Use top with -f option to collect the out put in a file. See the below link.

http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-60105/top.1.html


Regards,
Syam

[Ranjith_5 · Accepted solution]

Shiva,

you can combine -d and -f options to get a continuous output in a file.

syntax:-

#top -d 5 -f /tmp/top.out


The above command will give you 5 outputs of the top command.

Go through man page for a complete list of flags which can be used with top command.

Regards,
Syam

[Devender Khatana]

Hi Shiv,

-f option will do this for you. There are many other parameters as well.

Man top for details.

#man -f topoutput

Will create topoutput file in current directry for the entries in first page.

HTH,
Devender

[Arunvijai_4]

You can use # top -f

-f filename Output is appended to filename. When -f is used, top defaults to 1 for -d and 16 for -n.

-Arun

[Yogeeraj_1]

hi Shiv,

we usually use:
top -s5 -d6 -f top.out

that will capture the data for 30 seconds for every 5 seconds.


also, we recently started using "extract" - measureware utility that enabled use to collect much more information and plot great performance graphs.

if you need any further assistance, do let us know.


kind regards
yogeeraj