Processes List¶
Compact view:

Full view:

Filtered view:

The process view consists of 3 parts:
- Processes summary
- Monitored processes list (optional)
- Processes list
The processes summary line displays:
- Tasks number (total number of processes)
- Threads number
- Running tasks number
- Sleeping tasks number
- Other tasks number (not running or sleeping)
- Sort key
By default, or if you hit the a
key, the processes list is
automatically sorted by:
CPU
: if there is no alert (default behavior)CPU
: if a CPU or LOAD alert is detectedMEM
: if a memory alert is detectedDISK I/O
: if a CPU iowait alert is detected
The number of processes in the list is adapted to the screen size.
Columns display¶
CPU% |
% of CPU used by the process If Irix/Solaris mode is off, the value is divided by logical core number |
MEM% |
% of MEM used by the process |
VIRT |
Virtual Memory Size The total amount of virtual memory used by the process |
RES |
Resident Memory Size The non-swapped physical memory a process is using |
PID |
Process ID |
USER |
User ID |
NI |
Nice level of the process |
S |
Process status The status of the process:
|
TIME+ |
Cumulative CPU time used by the process |
R/s |
Per process I/O read rate in B/s |
W/s |
Per process I/O write rate in B/s |
COMMAND |
Process command line or command name User can switch to the process name by
pressing on the |
Extended info¶

In standalone mode, additional information are provided for the top process:
CPU affinity |
Number of cores used by the process |
Memory info |
Extended memory information about the process For example, on Linux: swap, shared, text, lib, data and dirty |
Open |
The number of threads, files and network sessions (TCP and UDP) used by the process |
IO nice |
The process I/O niceness (priority) |
The extended stats feature can be enabled using the
--enable-process-extended
option (command line) or the e
key
(curses interface).
Note
Limit values can be overwritten in the configuration file under
the [process]
section.