nice value and are prevented from lowering it.
If you wish to abort the renice process, do one of the following depending on your progress:
1) at the pid prompt, type an invalid number
2) at the nice prompt, type <Enter> with no input
3) at any prompt, type <Esc>
W :Write‐the‐Configuration‐File
This will save all of your options and toggles plus the current display mode and delay time. By issuing this command just before quitting top, you will be able restart later in exactly that same state.
X :Extra‐Fixed‐Width
Some fields are fixed width and not scalable. As such, they are subject to truncation which would be indicated by a ‘+’ in the last position.
This interactive command can be used to alter the widths of the following fields:
field default field default field default
GID 5 GROUP 8 WCHAN 10
LOGID 5 LXC 8 nsCGROUP 10
RUID 5 RUSER 8 nsIPC 10
SUID 5 SUSER 8 nsMNT 10
UID 5 TTY 8 nsNET 10
USER 8 nsPID 10
nsTIME 10
nsUSER 10
nsUTS 10
You will be prompted for the amount to be added to the default widths shown above. Entering zero forces a return to those defaults.
If you enter a negative number, top will automatically increase the column size as needed until there is no more truncated data.
Note: Whether explicitly or automatically increased, the widths for these fields are never decreased by top. To narrow them you must specify a smaller number or restore the defaults.
Y :Inspect‐Other‐Output
After issuing the ‘Y’ interactive command, you will be prompted for a target PID. Typing a value or accepting the default results in a separate screen. That screen can be used to view a variety of files or
piped command output while the normal top iterative display is paused.
Note: This interactive command is only fully realized when supporting entries have been manually added to the end of the top configuration file. For details on creating those entries, see topic 6b. ADDING
INSPECT Entries.
Most of the keys used to navigate the Inspect feature are reflected in its header prologue. There are, however, additional keys available once you have selected a particular file or command. They are familiar
to anyone who has used the pager ‘less’ and are summarized here for future reference.
key function
= alternate status-line, file or pipeline
/ find, equivalent to ‘L’ locate
n find next, equivalent to ‘&’ locate next
<Space> scroll down, equivalent to <PgDn>
b scroll up, equivalent to <PgUp>
g first line, equivalent to <Home>
G last line, equivalent to <End>
Z :Change‐Color‐Mapping
This key will take you to a separate screen where you can change the colors for the ‘current’ window, or for all windows. For details regarding this interactive command see topic 4d. COLOR Mapping.
^G :Display‐Control‐Groups (Ctrl key + ‘g’)
^K :Display‐Cmdline (Ctrl key + ‘k’)
^N :Display‐Environment (Ctrl key + ‘n’)
^P :Display‐Namesspaces (Ctrl key + ‘p’)
^U :Display‐Supplementary‐Groups (Ctrl key