Top command to display% cpu in descending order

Question

I would like to have a percentage of the processor in descending order. When I give the command:

top -bn 1 | grep "^ " | awk '{ printf("%-8s  %-8s \n", $2, $9); }' | head -8

It shows processes that are not the most popular with the CPU.

Answer 1

Running from above as a process (I am using Ubuntu 14.04)

top

Once on top ...

P <- Sort by CPU usage

M <- Sort by using MEM

z <- add cool visual colors

x <- Select the column you are currently sorting,

Answer 2

In your team you have

grep "^ "

which filters out lines that do not start with a space.

PID 4 , top PID 5 .

grep "^[0-9 ]" .

Answer 3

Try on top with the -u flag: top -u