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Display top 10 of process using memory (linux)
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Display top 10 of process using memory (linux)

$ ps -ewo user,pid,\%cpu,\%mem,cmd:50,comm --sort=-pmem | head -10

Watch it

$ watch -n 1 'ps -ewo user,pid,\%cpu,\%mem,cmd:50,comm --sort=-pmem | head -10'

Historise it

$ crontab -e
> * * * * * ps -ewo user,pid,\%cpu,\%mem,cmd:50,comm --sort=-pmem | head -10 >> /var/log/memory_usage.log 2>&1
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