htop

Display dynamic real-time information about running processes. An enhanced version of top. More information: https://htop.dev/.

• Start htop:

htop

• Start htop displaying processes owned by a specific user:

htop --user {{username}}

• Display processes hierarchically in a tree view to show the parent-child relationships:

htop --tree

• Sort processes by a specified sort_item (use htop --sort help for available options):

htop --sort {{sort_item}}

• Start htop with the specified delay between updates, in tenths of a second (i.e. 50 = 5 seconds):

htop --delay {{50}}

• See interactive commands while running htop:

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• Switch to a different tab:

tab

• Display help:

htop --help