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07 How to Read
DECEMBER
2013 Linux Top
Command
Output and Uses
Written by Rahul K.
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Top Command: As a Linux system administrator,

top command is a frequently used command and
our daily tasks we used multiple times this

commands to view resource utilization by
processes on server. This command helps us to
find which process is utilizing what resources of
system.
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When we execute top command on linux, it shows

a lot of results, here i am trying to show you to how
to read it row by row.
Result Row #1:

Row 1 results shows about server up time from last
reboot, currently logged in users and cpu load on
server. The same output you can find using linux
uptime command.
Result Row #2:

Row 2 shows the number of process running on
server and there state.
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Zombie process or defunct process is a process

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Row three shows the cpu utilization status on Reset Joomla Admin
server, you can find here how much cpu is free Password via SQL or
phpMyAdmin
and how much is utilizing by system.
Definition from access.redhat.com:

Steal time is the time that a virtual CPU waits for a
real CPU while the hypervisor is servicing another
virtual processor.
Result Row #4:

Row 4 shows the memory utilization on server, you
can find here how much memory is used, the
same results you can find using free command.

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Result Row #6 ( Running Processes ):

In this steps you will see all running process on
servers and there additional details about them
like below.
If you want to sort output on basis of any fields,


you can use following key combinations.
Press "SHIFT + F" and Select your choice below and press
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A ( PID = Process Id )
ent Process Pid )
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j ( P = Last used cpu (SMP) )

k ( %CPU = CPU usage )
l ( TIME = CPU Time )
n ( %MEM = Memory usage (RES) )
o ( VIRT = Virtual Image (kb) )
p ( SWAP = Swapped size (kb) )
q ( RES= Resident size (kb) )
r ( CODE = Code size (kb) )
s ( DATA = Data+Stack size (kb) )
t ( SHR= Shared Mem size (kb) )
w ( S = Process Status )
x ( COMMAND= Command name/line )
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Thank you,
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July 10, 2017 at 5:53 am
Neat work and well explained. Thank you for this
KM.
SESHAGIRI KONDAVETI
April 12, 2016 at 12:39 pm  REPLY TO SESHAGIRI
Very informative , thanks for sharing it.
ABHIMANYU SINGH
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Awesome explanation, however %ni has been repeated

twice which should be %st : steal time in the CPU Usage
Section. Please correct it.
Thanks
Abhimanyu Singh
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July 30, 2015 at 10:01 am
Very nice explanation but some more
description of fields
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but what those there number mean.? it cannot

NAME * be a readout of*the CPU load averge
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you CPU would be idle most of the time if the
averge load is 3.48, on my linux machine this
number is less than 1.
So wtf is it?!?!?.
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Well it’s not like your Windows friendly view, it’s
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linux and thank god.
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It’s hard to explain and maybe someone else can
do it better but here goes.
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Lets say your system is running with a 4 core CPU,
on a Windows PC you would see the 4 cores and
the average load each sec.
You can’t simply move one thing to another core,

just like you can’t walk through two doors at the
same time.
However my wife would arguing this.
We can’t do two things at the same time, but if

we have two doors, why not send one thing
through one door and another through the next
and so on.
Btw a CPU with hyperthreading is not a core…!
So lets say it’s a 4 core CPU, and we have the

same average load of 3.48 the first minute, then 
4.98 every 5 minute and 4.11 every 15minute.
We can translate this to 3 of the cores are at 100%

load, and one if at 48%.
However this is not true, as we cannot see each
core, but the totalt amount so we can only guess.
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This should tell you that there is still a good 52% left on one
n alarm depending on
ver 4. It’s 4.98 and i lost
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e can max at 1 why do we
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, it’s current load or a givin

load over a time, it’s the amount the system would like to
utilize over a givin periode of time.
WTF.! stop plz.
Yeah i know, if only it was Windows and we could all die in a

puddel of licens.
Install htop, it would give you a more “user friendly” view.
On debian you should just apt-get install htop

redhat users should add repoforge anyway.
Now that we know our system is overloaded, how can we fix

it?
By using top to see what is hooking all the CPU time.
Hope you can update you’re guide to include what these

numbers mean as they are not the amount of CPU load in %
You can find this number on a linux machine with this

command cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep ‘model name’ | wc -l
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June 17, 2017 at 7:34 pm
Hey,
This article seems to basic informative

with variable explanations within top
command, why are you arguing with
load values. Also please specify why
your are specifying overload with 4
core! Does the article mentioned in such 
a way!!!
Last but not least, Please do manner in

your replies….:)
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 how to read top command result, linux top command,

Top Command: As a Linux system administrator,

Using this article, I am trying to write to how to use

When we execute top command on linux, it shows

Result Row #1:

Result Row #2:

Zombie process or defunct process is a process

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Definition from access.redhat.com:

Result Row #4:

Result Row #6 ( Running Processes ):

If you want to sort output on basis of any fields,

j ( P = Last used cpu (SMP) )

Thank you for reading this port, If this port is

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Very informative , thanks for sharing it.

Awesome explanation, however %ni has been repeated

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but what those there number mean.? it cannot

linux and thank god.

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You can’t simply move one thing to another core,

We can’t do two things at the same time, but if

Btw a CPU with hyperthreading is not a core…!

So lets say it’s a 4 core CPU, and we have the

We can translate this to 3 of the cores are at 100%

e can max at 1 why do we

, it’s current load or a givin

Yeah i know, if only it was Windows and we could all die in a

On debian you should just apt-get install htop

Now that we know our system is overloaded, how can we fix

By using top to see what is hooking all the CPU time.

Hope you can update you’re guide to include what these

You can find this number on a linux machine with this

This article seems to basic informative

Last but not least, Please do manner in

YELLAIAH  REPLY TO YELLAIAH

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