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What is Top/Htop?

Interactive process viewers that display real-time system resource usage including CPU, memory, and running processes.

Top is the classic process monitor showing CPU, memory, swap, and per-process statistics in real-time. Htop is an improved version with color coding, mouse support, tree view, and easier process management.

Key information includes load average, CPU per core, memory usage, and process lists sortable by CPU%, MEM%, or time. Press k to kill a process, f to filter, and t for tree view (htop). Essential for identifying resource-hungry processes.

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