proc.num problem

[nima0102]

Hi
In order to check one process on system I have added proc.num(name_process).in "top" output I see one process, but returned value by proc.num is 4!!So I can not set correct
I do not know about this difference.
Thanks for any help or guidance

[NOB]

Hi nima

do you know, how top works ?

It just shows the n (the real number depends on the number of lines
in your terminal window and the configuration of top) processes
sorted by certain criteria like CPU usage, memory usage, etc.

So, if a process uses no CPU or not much memory, other processes
using more CPU or memory, etc. will show up but not the process you
are looking for, mostly because of the limited number of lines on your screen.

A much better tool to verify the proc.num item is the ps command.
See the manual (man ps) for details, e.g. ps -ef ¦ grep "processname"
might be a good start. The syntax of the ps command varies in the different
UNIX OS / Linux so the manual page is the best source of information.

HTH,

Norbert.

[nima0102]

Thanks a lot for your attention
I had mistyped in my previous topic I mean "ps" not "top" command.
After some checking I found out in question process has few thread!!So proc.num get all threads.
But anyhow your explanation is very god.