Show full process name in top
While top is running, you can press c to toggle between showing the process name and the command line. To remember the toggle state for next time, press W to save the current configuration to ~/.toprc.
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What does Virtual memory size in top mean?
Virtual memory isn’t even necessarily memory. For example, if a process memory-maps a large file, the file is actually stored on disk, but it still takes up “address space” in the process. Address space (ie. virtual memory in the process list) doesn’t cost anything; it’s not real. What’s real is the RSS (RES) column, which … Read more
What exactly do the colors in htop status bars mean?
Hitting F1 or h will show you the key. But for reference, the default colors are: CPU: Blue = Low priority threads Green = Normal priority threads Red = Kernel threads Memory: Green = Used memory Blue = Buffers Yellow/Orange = Cache There are a couple of different color-schemes available, you can see them through … Read more