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SYSTEMD-CGTOP(1)                systemd-cgtop               SYSTEMD-CGTOP(1)

NAME         top

       systemd-cgtop - Show top control groups by their resource usage

SYNOPSIS         top

       systemd-cgtop [OPTIONS...] [GROUP]

DESCRIPTION         top

       systemd-cgtop shows the top control groups of the local Linux control
       group hierarchy, ordered by their CPU, memory, or disk I/O load. The
       display is refreshed in regular intervals (by default every 1s),
       similar in style to top(1). If a control group path is specified,
       shows only the services of the specified control group.
       If systemd-cgtop is not connected to a tty, no column headers are
       printed and the default is to only run one iteration. The
       --iterations= argument, if given, is honored. This mode is suitable
       for scripting.
       Resource usage is only accounted for control groups in the relevant
       hierarchy, i.e. CPU usage is only accounted for control groups in the
       "cpuacct" hierarchy, memory usage only for those in "memory" and disk
       I/O usage for those in "blkio". If resource monitoring for these
       resources is required, it is recommended to add the CPUAccounting=1,
       MemoryAccounting=1 and BlockIOAccounting=1 settings in the unit files
       in question. See systemd.resource-control(5) for details.
       The CPU load value can be between 0 and 100 times the number of
       processors the system has. For example, if the system has 8
       processors, the CPU load value is going to be between 0% and 800%.
       The number of processors can be found in "/proc/cpuinfo".
       To emphasize this: unless "CPUAccounting=1", "MemoryAccounting=1" and
       "BlockIOAccounting=1" are enabled for the services in question, no
       resource accounting will be available for system services and the
       data shown by systemd-cgtop will be incomplete.

OPTIONS         top

       The following options are understood:
       -p, --order=path
           Order by control group path name.
       -t, --order=tasks
           Order by number of tasks/processes in the control group.
       -c, --order=cpu
           Order by CPU load.
       -m, --order=memory
           Order by memory usage.
       -i, --order=io
           Order by disk I/O load.
       -b, --batch
           Run in "batch" mode: do not accept input and run until the
           iteration limit set with --iterations= is exhausted or until
           killed. This mode could be useful for sending output from
           systemd-cgtop to other programs or to a file.
       -r, --raw
           Format byte counts (as in memory usage and I/O metrics) with raw
           numeric values rather than human-readable numbers.
       --cpu=percentage, --cpu=time
           Controls whether the CPU usage is shown as percentage or time. By
           default, the CPU usage is shown as percentage. This setting may
           also be toggled at runtime by pressing the % key.
       -P
           Count only userspace processes instead of all tasks. By default,
           all tasks are counted: each kernel thread and each userspace
           thread individually. With this setting, kernel threads are
           excluded from the counting and each userspace process only counts
           as one, regardless how many threads it consists of. This setting
           may also be toggled at runtime by pressing the P key. This option
           may not be combined with -k.
       -k
           Count only userspace processes and kernel threads instead of all
           tasks. By default, all tasks are counted: each kernel thread and
           each userspace thread individually. With this setting, kernel
           threads are included in the counting and each userspace process
           only counts as on one, regardless how many threads it consists
           of. This setting may also be toggled at runtime by pressing the k
           key. This option may not be combined with -P.
       --recursive=
           Controls whether the number of processes shown for a control
           group shall include all processes that are contained in any of
           the child control groups as well. Takes a boolean argument, which
           defaults to "yes". If enabled, the processes in child control
           groups are included, if disabled, only the processes in the
           control group itself are counted. This setting may also be
           toggled at runtime by pressing the r key. Note that this setting
           only applies to process counting, i.e. when the -P or -k options
           are used. It has not effect if all tasks are counted, in which
           case the counting is always recursive.
       -n, --iterations=
           Perform only this many iterations. A value of 0 indicates that
           the program should run indefinitely.
       -d, --delay=
           Specify refresh delay in seconds (or if one of "ms", "us", "min"
           is specified as unit in this time unit). This setting may also be
           increased and decreased at runtime by pressing the + and - keys.
       --depth=
           Maximum control group tree traversal depth. Specifies how deep
           systemd-cgtop shall traverse the control group hierarchies. If 0
           is specified, only the root group is monitored. For 1, only the
           first level of control groups is monitored, and so on. Defaults
           to 3.
       -M MACHINE, --machine=MACHINE
           Limit control groups shown to the part corresponding to the
           container MACHINE. This option may not be used when a control
           group path is specified.
       -h, --help
           Print a short help text and exit.
       --version
           Print a short version string and exit.

KEYS         top

       systemd-cgtop is an interactive tool and may be controlled via user
       input using the following keys:
       h
           Shows a short help text.
       Space
           Immediately refresh output.
       q
           Terminate the program.
       p, t, c, m, i
           Sort the control groups by path, number of tasks, CPU load,
           memory usage, or I/O load, respectively. This setting may also be
           controlled using the --order= command line switch.
       %
           Toggle between showing CPU time as time or percentage. This
           setting may also be controlled using the --cpu= command line
           switch.
       +, -
           Increase or decrease refresh delay, respectively. This setting
           may also be controlled using the --delay= command line switch.
       P
           Toggle between counting all tasks, or only userspace processes.
           This setting may also be controlled using the -P command line
           switch (see above).
       k
           Toggle between counting all tasks, or only userspace processes
           and kernel threads. This setting may also be controlled using the
           -k command line switch (see above).
       r
           Toggle between recursively including or excluding processes in
           child control groups in control group process counts. This
           setting may also be controlled using the --recursive= command
           line switch. This key is not available if all tasks are counted,
           it is only available if processes are counted, as enabled with
           the P or k keys.

EXIT STATUS         top

       On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.

SEE ALSO         top

       systemd(1), systemctl(1), systemd-cgls(1),
       systemd.resource-control(5), top(1)

COLOPHON         top

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