Tip #817 Limit top by user
'top' is a usful command which provides a dynamic real-time view of a running system and something most people use regularly. However, a lot of people don't know that the output can be limited on a per user basis. 'top -u username' will just give output for the given user.The following can be useful for shell scripts etc to perform 'top' for the current user:
top -u $(whoami)
- TAGS:
- top
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