[PLUG] Meaning of CPU stuff in TOP

Denis Heidtmann denish at dslnorthwest.net
Sun Jan 15 16:56:21 UTC 2006


My man page mentions CPU states a number of times, but does not explain what the
various two-letter codes mean.  I am running kubuntu.  man -V top yields version
2.4.3, 2005-07-03

-Denis

Ali Corbin wrote:
> On 1/14/06, Denis Heidtmann <denish at dslnorthwest.net> wrote:
> 
>>The summary section of top has a line such as:
>>
>>Cpu(s): 20.8% us,  2.8% sy,  9.0% ni, 63.4% id,  0.7% wa,  3.2% hi,  0.0% si
>>
>>What do sy, wa, hi, and si mean?  I have been unable to find any documentation.
>>
>>Thanks
>>-Denis
>>
> 
> 
> Try doing a 'man top', and scroll down to the paragraph that talks
> about CPU states.
> Ali
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