Re: yum update took 99.99% of cpu

[Tim]

Tim:
> > Hmm, I thought top had an option for a plain text output, but I can't
> > see anything suitable in the man file.  Maybe, long ago, when I did
> > something like that, I just did "less -R output" ("output" being the top
> > text file).

g:
> are you thinking of:
>    -b : Batch mode operation
>          Starts top in 'Batch mode', which could be useful for
>          sending output from top to other programs or to a file.
>          In  this  mode,  top will  not  accept input and runs
>          until the iterations limit you've set with the '-n'
>          command-line option or until killed.
>
>     -n : Number of iterations limit as:  -n number
>          Specifies the maximum number of iterations, or frames,
>          top  should produce before ending.

Yes, that's it.  When I looked at the man file, a little while ago, it
just didn't jump out at me as "batch" mode being a cooked output.

As far as the original poster was concerned, I was thinking that getting
a text file created would be less of a problem than taking a screenshot,
on a system where the CPU was being pegged.  It can also be easier to
post pasted text to a mailing list, than deal with uploading and linking
to an image, somewhere.