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Behzadsh
Asked: 2010-11-10 23:53:48 +0800 CST

How to echo output of a top into a text file?

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I want to write batch or something, that will write output of top into a file on login.

I did top >> output-file, but it contains some strange character!

Can somebody give a simple tutorial about how to write batch file in Linux?

command-line output top

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Try the following

    top -b -n1 > filename.txt

    The -b is for batch mode, which should prevent the strange characters. The -n1 tells it to only print one iteration.

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  2. Go to terminal and type:

    user@ubuntu:~$ top > filename.txt

    The output of top command will be now stored in a text file which is located in your Home directory.

    See: Bash scripting Tutorial.

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