

This command monitors CPU usage, utilization, Linux process statistics, and memory utilization. It can display system summary info and a list of tasks currently managed by the Linux kernel. The top command under Linux furnishes a dynamic real-time view of a running system. Using the old good top command to find out Linux CPU Utilization

Determine which process is eating the CPU(s).Find out your system’s average CPU utilization since the last system reboot.Display the utilization of each CPU individually (SMP cpu).
