A process command in top

linux bash process utilities top-command
Cheery picture Cheery · Feb 26, 2009 · Viewed 20.6k times · Source

The problem comes up when you run couple of python scripts. in top at command, it shows only 'python' with these scripts. How to rename a process or otherwise tag it so that I could tell them apart in top?

Answer

Wookai picture Wookai · Feb 26, 2009

Simply use the --full-commands option to show the full command line for each process :

top -c

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