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Authored by: Clint MacDonald on Jun 28, '01 07:35:40PM
A word on top though - top is provided in X to show what is going on. It is not perfect, afterall it sucks 10% of my G4 cpu time [...]

To reduce the usage of the "top" command, type something like:

top -s 5

This causes top to poll less often, in this case every 5 seconds rather than every second. It makes a big difference in cpu usage.


Best wishes,
Clint



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