TOP Command

[Vic006]

Hi All

In the output of TOP what does the parameters like
CPU LOAD USER NICE SYS IDLE BLOCK SWAIT INTR SSYS
indicate, i couldnt get much info from man.

Thanks in advance

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

top displays what it displays, nothing more.

For, better info, you need better tools.

http://www.hpux.ws/?p=6

SEP

[Shibin_2]

Hi here is the answer for your question.

This line displays a percentage of time spent in each of the processor states (typically user, nice, system, idle, and iowait). These percentages show the processor activity during the time since the last update.

CPU -- It shows no. of CPU in your box.
LOAD -- Load on your CPU. For each CPU it shows separately.
USER -- No of user processes in percentage.
NICE -- Nice value of the processes in percentage.
IDLE -- System idle time
SWAIT -- I/O wait time.
INTR -- Interrupts