{"id":49622,"date":"2024-12-16T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/?p=49622"},"modified":"2024-12-05T04:39:10","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T10:39:10","slug":"htop-command-monitor-system-processes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/htop-command-monitor-system-processes\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use the htop Command to Monitor System Processes and Resource Usage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/how-to-use-the-htop-command-to-monitor-system-processes-and-resource-usage.webp\" alt=\"How to use the htop Command to Monitor System Processes and Resource Usage\" class=\"wp-image-49683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/how-to-use-the-htop-command-to-monitor-system-processes-and-resource-usage.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/how-to-use-the-htop-command-to-monitor-system-processes-and-resource-usage-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/how-to-use-the-htop-command-to-monitor-system-processes-and-resource-usage-150x84.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/how-to-use-the-htop-command-to-monitor-system-processes-and-resource-usage-768x432.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This tutorial will explain how to use the <strong>htop command <\/strong>in Linux with examples. The htop command in the Linux system is a command line utility that actively allows users to monitor the system processes and resource usage in real-time. It is based on the <strong>top<\/strong> command with improvements and a better overview. Using the htop command gives colored visualization of CPU, RAM, and SWAP usage. It also allows users to scroll vertically and horizontally to check the full lines of processes and their data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the following paragraphs, we will show practical examples with the htop command on Ubuntu 24.04. Let&#8217;s get started!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f7722cd1ab9\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f7722cd1ab9\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/htop-command-monitor-system-processes\/#Prerequisites\" >Prerequisites<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/htop-command-monitor-system-processes\/#System-Update\" >System Update<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/htop-command-monitor-system-processes\/#Syntax-of-htop\" >Syntax of htop<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/htop-command-monitor-system-processes\/#1-Htop-without-arguments\" >1. Htop without arguments<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/htop-command-monitor-system-processes\/#2-Show-processes-from-a-specific-user\" >2. Show processes from a specific user<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/htop-command-monitor-system-processes\/#3-Sorting-by-column\" >3. Sorting by column<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/htop-command-monitor-system-processes\/#4-Show-specific-processes-by-their-IDs\" >4. Show specific processes by their IDs<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/htop-command-monitor-system-processes\/#5-Show-the-tree-with-Htop\" >5. Show the tree with Htop<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/htop-command-monitor-system-processes\/#6-Turn-off-the-colors-in-htop-output\" >6. Turn off the colors in htop output<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/htop-command-monitor-system-processes\/#7-Htop-in-more-detail\" >7. Htop in more detail<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Prerequisites\"><\/span>Prerequisites<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/ubuntu-hosting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ubuntu server<\/a> running version 24.04 or any Linux OS (CentOS, Debian, or AlmaLinux)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>User privileges: root or non-root user with sudo privileges<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"System-Update\"><\/span>System Update<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Before we start executing the htop command, we will update the system packages to their latest versions available. To do that, execute the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">sudo apt update -y &amp;&amp; sudo apt upgrade -y<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Syntax-of-htop\"><\/span>Syntax of htop<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The syntax of <strong>htop <\/strong> is very simple. You need to type the htop along with some of the arguments or leave it without any of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">htop \"argument\" <\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1-Htop-without-arguments\"><\/span>1. Htop without arguments<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The most common htop command is the htop command without any arguments. You can execute the following command in your terminal:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">htop<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>You will get an output as in the picture below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/htop1-1024x488.png\" alt=\"htop command without arguments\" class=\"wp-image-49623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/htop1-1024x488.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/htop1-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/htop1-150x71.png 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/htop1-768x366.png 768w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/htop1-1320x629.png 1320w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/htop1.png 1326w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2-Show-processes-from-a-specific-user\"><\/span>2. Show processes from a specific user<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To show the processes from a specific user, in this case, the <strong>mysql<\/strong> user you need to execute the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">htop -u mysql<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>You should get the following output<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/htop2-1024x428.png\" alt=\"show process from a specific user\" class=\"wp-image-49624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/htop2-1024x428.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/htop2-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/htop2-150x63.png 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/htop2-768x321.png 768w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/htop2.png 1303w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3-Sorting-by-column\"><\/span>3. Sorting by column<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To sort the output of the htop command by the specific command (by the TIME in our example) you need to execute the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">htop -s TIME<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>As you can see in the screenshot below, the column TIME is selected, and the time is in descending order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"849\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/htop3.jpg\" alt=\"sorting by column\" class=\"wp-image-49625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/htop3.jpg 849w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/htop3-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/htop3-150x96.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/htop3-768x493.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 849px) 100vw, 849px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4-Show-specific-processes-by-their-IDs\"><\/span>4. Show specific processes by their IDs<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The htop command allows us to show only the processes with the given IDs as its arguments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">htop -p 235296<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>There will be info only about this process, which can be killed with the F9 command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"849\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/htop4.png\" alt=\"show specific process by their IDs\" class=\"wp-image-49626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/htop4.png 849w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/htop4-300x11.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/htop4-150x6.png 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/htop4-768x29.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 849px) 100vw, 849px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5-Show-the-tree-with-Htop\"><\/span>5. Show the tree with Htop<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This command will display the process hierarchy in tree view in the commands column:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">htop -t<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>You will get the following output:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/htop5-1024x563.png\" alt=\"How to Use the htop Command to Monitor System Processes and Resource Usage\" class=\"wp-image-49627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/htop5-1024x563.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/htop5-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/htop5-150x82.png 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/htop5-768x422.png 768w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/htop5-1320x726.png 1320w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/htop5.png 1364w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6-Turn-off-the-colors-in-htop-output\"><\/span>6. Turn off the colors in htop output<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If we do not want to have colored output, we can execute htop with the <strong>-C<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">htop -C<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>The output should be as in the screenshot below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/htop6-1024x563.png\" alt=\"Turn off the colors in htop output\" class=\"wp-image-49628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/htop6-1024x563.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/htop6-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/htop6-150x82.png 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/htop6-768x422.png 768w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/htop6-1320x726.png 1320w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/htop6.png 1364w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"7-Htop-in-more-detail\"><\/span>7. Htop in more detail<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to know everything about the <strong>htop<\/strong>, you can execute the following command in your terminal:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">HTOP(1)                                                                            User Commands                                                                            HTOP(1)\n\nNAME\n       htop, pcp-htop - interactive process viewer\n\nSYNOPSIS\n       htop [-dCFhpustvH]\n       pcp htop [-dCFhpustvH] [--host\/-h host]\n\nDESCRIPTION\n       htop is a cross-platform ncurses-based process viewer.\n\n       It is similar to top, but allows you to scroll vertically and horizontally, and interact using a pointing device (mouse).  You can observe all processes running on the sys\u2010\n       tem, along with their command line arguments, as well as view them in a tree format, select multiple processes and act on them all at once.\n\n       Tasks related to processes (killing, renicing) can be done without entering their PIDs.\n\n       pcp-htop  is  a version of htop built using the Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) Metrics API (see PCPIntro(1), PMAPI(3)), allowing to extend htop to display values from arbitrary\n       metrics.  See the section below titled CONFIG FILES for further details.\n\nCOMMAND-LINE OPTIONS\n       Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\n       -d --delay=DELAY\n              Delay between updates, in tenths of a second. If the delay value is less than 1, it is increased to 1, i.e. 1\/10 second. If the delay value is greater than  100,  it\n              is decreased to 100, i.e. 10 seconds.\n\n       -C --no-color --no-colour\n              Start htop in monochrome mode\n\n       -F --filter=FILTER\n              Filter processes by terms matching the commands. The terms are matched case-insensitive and as fixed strings (not regexs). You can separate multiple terms with \"|\".\n\n       -h --help\n              Display a help message and exit\n\n       -p --pid=PID,PID...\n              Show only the given PIDs\n\n       -s --sort-key COLUMN\n              Sort by this column (use --sort-key help for a column list).  This will force a list view unless you specify -t at the same time.\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>That was it. You learned some basic and essential htop commands on Linux OS. You learned how to monitor system processes and resource usage easily. 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