limit number of process in top with non-interactive mode

[mnikhil m]

Thats right Marshall, infact I did think of 
top -n1 -b | head -<number>
 but did not like and thought that there would be something which can be 
done with top itself with out taking any other help like pipe ..
 Regards,
Nikhil


On 9/9/05, McDougall, Marshall (FSH) <MarMcDouga at gov.mb.ca> wrote: 
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> 
> Top command in Linux is allowing to control the number of processes only
> in
> the
> interactive mode. I want to control the number of processes in
> non-interactive batch
> mode. Is there any other version of top available ? Or is there a way to
> do
> so with
> the current version itself?
> 
> Note: Manual page for top is inappropriate with the command.
> For example, "top 10" reports an improper use of command though it is
> valid
> according to the man page.
> [Actually this is asked by one of my colleague, asking here as I am out
> of
> answer]
> Regards,
> Nikhil
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> 
> If you are looking to do it non-interactively, just add a couple more
> lines to your batch job to get the desired outcome. I am not the best
> scripter, but something like:
> 
> Top -b -n 1 > /tmp/top.txt
> Head -n 22 /tmp/top.txt > /tmp/top2.txt
> 
> This gives me all the top header info and the first 10 processes. I
> know it's not pretty, but you get the idea.
> 
> Regards, Marshall
>