Top is an historic monitoring tool to get a fast overview of a running Linux system. It is especially useful when you're at limited linux consoles and terminals (i.e.: busybox and the like). By default it doesn't look so great, but there's always fast ways to customize it and use it fruitfully. Custom top Color… Read More


Some of my favourite ps options. ps fauxe Gives you a complete list of all your running processes, complete of path, PID & UID. You may wish to remove some options like u (u stands for user - just type "faxe" or "fax" (very easy to remember indeed!)). Useful in conjunction with the watch command… Read More