recordtop.sh

#! /bin/sh

# a script that let you record the result of htop each $StepDuration  in $ReportFile

##### HOW TO USE

## instead of CMD run recordtop.sh CMD

while getopts "d:o:" o; do
    case "${o}" in
    d)
        StepDuration=${OPTARG}
        ;;
    o)
        ReportFile=${OPTARG}
        ;;
    esac
done

shift $((OPTIND - 1))

StepDuration=${StepDuration:-0.5}
ReportFile=${ReportFile:-$1'.report.htop'}

nohup $@ &
pid=$!
echo $pid
top -b -H -p $pid -d $StepDuration >$ReportFile &
wait $pid