top(1): initial pass to freebsdize the man page

The previous man page used many conventions not typical in FreeBSD.
Since we've forked top completely, convert the man page too.
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.TH TOP 1 Local
.UC 4
.SH NAME
top \- display and update information about the top cpu processes
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B top
[
.B \-abCHIijnPqStuvwz
] [
.BI \-d count
] [
.BI \-m io | cpu
] [
.BI \-o field
]
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[
.BI \-p pid
] [
.BI \-s time
] [
.BI \-J jail
] [
.BI \-U username
] [
.I number
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.I Top
.Dd June 9, 2018
.Dt TOP 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm top
.Nd display and update information about the top cpu processes
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl CHIPSTabijnpqtuvxz
.Op Fl J Ar jail
.Op Fl U Ar uid
.Op Fl d Ar count
.Op Fl m Ar cpu|io
.Op Fl s Ar time
.Op Fl o Ar field
.Op Fl p Ar pid
.Op Ar count
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
displays the top
.if !\nN==-1 \nN
processes on the system and periodically updates this information.
.if \nN==-1 \
\{\
If standard output is an intelligent terminal (see below) then
as many processes as will fit on the terminal screen are displayed
by default. Otherwise, a good number of them are shown (around 20).
.\}
Raw cpu percentage is used to rank the processes. If
.I number
by default.
Otherwise, a good number of them are shown (around 20).
Raw cpu percentage is used to rank the processes.
If
.Ar number
is given, then the top
.I number
.Ar number
processes will be displayed instead of the default.
.PP
.I Top
.Pp
.Nm
makes a distinction between terminals that support advanced capabilities
and those that do not. This
distinction affects the choice of defaults for certain options. In the
remainder of this document, an \*(lqintelligent\*(rq terminal is one that
and those that do not.
This distinction affects the choice of defaults for certain options.
In the remainder of this document, an \*(lqintelligent\*(rq terminal is one that
supports cursor addressing, clear screen, and clear to end of line.
Conversely, a \*(lqdumb\*(rq terminal is one that does not support such
features. If the output of
.I top
features.
If the output of
.Nm
is redirected to a file, it acts as if it were being run on a dumb
terminal.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-C
.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
.It Fl C
Toggle CPU display mode.
By default top displays the weighted CPU percentage in the WCPU column
(this is the same value that
.IR ps (1)
.Xr ps 1
displays as CPU).
Each time
.B \-C
.It Fl C
flag is passed it toggles between \*(lqraw cpu\*(rq mode
and \*(lqweighted cpu\*(rq mode, showing the \*(lqCPU\*(rq or
the \*(lqWCPU\*(rq column respectively.
.TP
.B \-S
Show system processes in the display. Normally, system processes such as
the pager and the swapper are not shown. This option makes them visible.
.TP
.B \-a
.It Fl S
Show system processes in the display.
Normally, system processes such as the pager and the swapper are not shown.
This option makes them visible.
.It Fl a
Display command names derived from the argv[] vector, rather than real
executable name. It's useful when you want to watch applications, that
puts their status information there. If the real name differs from argv[0],
executable name.
It it useful when you want to watch applications, that
puts their status information there.
If the real name differs from argv[0],
it will be displayed in parenthesis.
.TP
.B \-b
Use \*(lqbatch\*(rq mode. In this mode, all input from the terminal is
ignored. Interrupt characters (such as ^C and ^\e) still have an effect.
.It Fl b
Use \*(lqbatch\*(rq mode.
In this mode, all input from the terminal is
ignored.
Interrupt characters (such as ^C and ^\e) still have an effect.
This is the default on a dumb terminal, or when the output is not a terminal.
.TP
.B \-H
.It Fl H
Display each thread for a multithreaded process individually.
By default a single summary line is displayed for each process.
.TP
.B \-i
Use \*(lqinteractive\*(rq mode. In this mode, any input is immediately
read for processing. See the section on \*(lqInteractive Mode\*(rq
.It Fl i
Use \*(lqinteractive\*(rq mode.
In this mode, any input is immediately
read for processing.
See the section on \*(lqInteractive Mode\*(rq
for an explanation of
which keys perform what functions. After the command is processed, the
which keys perform what functions.
After the command is processed, the
screen will immediately be updated, even if the command was not
understood. This mode is the default when standard output is an
understood.
This mode is the default when standard output is an
intelligent terminal.
.TP
.B \-I
.It Fl I
Do not display idle processes.
By default, top displays both active and idle processes.
.TP
.B \-j
.It Fl j
Display the
.IR jail (8)
.Xr jail 8
ID.
.TP
.B \-T
.It Fl T
Toggle displaying thread ID (tid) instead of process id (pid).
.TP
.B \-t
.It Fl t
Do not display the
.I top
process.
.TP
.BI \-m display
Display either 'cpu' or 'io' statistics. Default is 'cpu'.
.TP
.B \-n
Use \*(lqnon-interactive\*(rq mode. This is identical to \*(lqbatch\*(rq
.Nm
process itself.
.It Fl display
Display either 'cpu' or 'io' statistics.
Default is 'cpu'.
.It Fl n
Use \*(lqnon-interactive\*(rq mode.
This is identical to \*(lqbatch\*(rq
mode.
.TP
.B \-P
.It Fl P
Display per-cpu CPU usage statistics.
.TP
.B \-q
.It Fl q
Renice
.I top
to -20 so that it will run faster. This can be used when the system is
.Nm
to -20 so that it will run faster.
This can be used when the system is
being very sluggish to improve the possibility of discovering the problem.
This option can only be used by root.
.TP
.B \-u
Do not take the time to map uid numbers to usernames. Normally,
.I top
.It Fl u
Do not map uid numbers to usernames.
Normally,
.Nm
will read as much of the file \*(lq/etc/passwd\*(rq as is necessary to map
all the user id numbers it encounters into login names. This option
disables all that, while possibly decreasing execution time. The uid
numbers are displayed instead of the names.
.TP
.B \-v
all the user id numbers it encounters into login names.
This option disables all that, while possibly decreasing execution time.
The uid numbers are displayed instead of the names.
.It Fl v
Write version number information to stderr then exit immediately.
false other processing takes place when this option is used. To see current
revision information while top is running, use the help command \*(lq?\*(rq.
.TP
.B \-w
.It Fl w
Display approximate swap usage for each process.
.TP
.B \-z
.It Fl z
Do not display the system idle process.
.TP
.BI \-d count
.It Fl d Ar count
Show only
.I count
displays, then exit. A display is considered to be one update of the
screen. This option allows the user to select the number of displays he
wants to see before
.I top
automatically exits. For intelligent terminals, no upper limit
is set. The default is 1 for dumb terminals. Please, note that for
.I count
.Ar count
displays, then exit.
A display is considered to be one update of the
screen.
The default is 1 for dumb terminals.
Note that for
.Ar count
= 1
no information is available about the percentage of time spent by the CPU in every state.
.TP
.BI \-s time
.It Fl s Ar time
Set the delay between screen updates to
.I time
seconds. The default delay between updates is \nD seconds.
.TP
.BI \-o field
Sort the process display area on the specified field. The field name
.Ar time
seconds.
The default delay between updates is 1 second.
.It Fl o Ar field
Sort the process display area on the specified field.
The field name
is the name of the column as seen in the output, but in lower case:
\*(lqcpu\*(lq, \*(rqsize\*(lq, \*(rqres\*(lq, \*(rqtime\*(lq,
\*(rqpri\*(lq, \*(rqthreads\*(lq, \*(lqtotal\*(lq, \*(rqread\*(lq,
\*(rqwrite\*(lq, \*(rqfault\*(lq, \*(rqvcsw\*(lq, \*(rqivcsw\*(lq,
\*(lqjid\*(lq, \*(rqswap\*(lq or \*(rqpid\*(lq.
.TP
.BI \-p pid
.It Fl p Ar pid
Show only the process
.IR pid .
.TP
.BI \-J jail
.Ar pid .
.It Fl J Ar jail
Show only those processes owned by
.IR jail .
.Ar jail .
This may be either the
.B jid
.Ar jid
or
.B name
.Ar name
of the jail.
Use
.B 0
0
to limit to host processes.
Using this option implies the
.B \-j
flag.
.PP
.BI \-U username
Using this option implies
.Fl j .
.Pp
.It Fl U Ar username
Show only those processes owned by
.IR username .
.Ar username .
This option currently only accepts usernames and will not understand
uid numbers.
.PP
.El
.Pp
Both
.I count
.Ar count
and
.I number
.Ar number
fields can be specified as \*(lqinfinite\*(rq, indicating that they can
stretch as far as possible. This is accomplished by using any proper
stretch as far as possible.
This is accomplished by using any proper
prefix of the keywords
\*(lqinfinity\*(rq,
\*(lqmaximum\*(rq,
or
\*(lqall\*(rq.
The default for
.I count
on an intelligent terminal is, in fact,
.BI infinity .
.PP
The environment variable
.B TOP
is examined for options before the command line is scanned. This enables
a user to set his or her own defaults. The number of processes to display
can also be specified in the environment variable
.BR TOP .
The options
.BR \-a ,
.BR \-C ,
.BR \-H ,
.BR \-I ,
.BR \-j ,
.BR \-P ,
.BR \-S ,
.BR \-T ,
.BR \-t ,
.BR \-u ,
.BR \-w ,
and
.B \-z
are actually toggles. A second specification of any of these options
will negate the first. Thus a user who has the environment variable
.B TOP
set to \*(lq\-I\*(rq may use the command \*(lqtop \-I\*(rq to see idle processes.
.SH "INTERACTIVE MODE"
Boolean flags are toggles.
A second specification of any of these options will negate the first.
.Sh "INTERACTIVE MODE"
When
.I top
.Nm
is running in \*(lqinteractive mode\*(rq, it reads commands from the
terminal and acts upon them accordingly. In this mode, the terminal is
terminal and acts upon them accordingly.
In this mode, the terminal is
put in \*(lqCBREAK\*(rq, so that a character will be
processed as soon as it is typed. Almost always, a key will be
processed as soon as it is typed.
Almost always, a key will be
pressed when
.I top
.Nm
is between displays; that is, while it is waiting for
.I time
seconds to elapse. If this is the case, the command will be
.Ar time
seconds to elapse.
If this is the case, the command will be
processed and the display will be updated immediately thereafter
(reflecting any changes that the command may have specified). This
happens even if the command was incorrect. If a key is pressed while
.I top
(reflecting any changes that the command may have specified).
This
happens even if the command was incorrect.
If a key is pressed while
.Nm
is in the middle of updating the display, it will finish the update and
then process the command. Some commands require additional information,
and the user will be prompted accordingly. While typing this information
then process the command.
Some commands require additional information,
and the user will be prompted accordingly.
While typing this information
in, the user's erase and kill keys (as set up by the command
.IR stty )
.Xr stty 1 )
are recognized, and a newline terminates the input.
.PP
.Pp
These commands are currently recognized (^L refers to control-L):
.TP
.B ^L
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It ^L
Redraw the screen.
.IP "\fBh\fP\ or\ \fB?\fP"
Display a summary of the commands (help screen). Version information
.It h
Display a summary of the commands (help screen).
Version information
is included in this display.
.TP
.B q
.It q
Quit
.IR top.
.TP
.B d
.Nm
.It d
Change the number of displays to show (prompt for new number).
Remember that the next display counts as one, so typing
.B d1
.It d1
will make
.I top
.Nm
show one final display and then immediately exit.
.TP
.B m
.It m
Toggle the display between 'cpu' and 'io' modes.
.TP
.B n or #
.It n or #
Change the number of processes to display (prompt for new number).
.TP
.B s
.It s
Change the number of seconds to delay between displays
(prompt for new number).
.TP
.B S
.It S
Toggle the display of system processes.
.TP
.B a
.It a
Toggle the display of process titles.
.TP
.B k
Send a signal (\*(lqkill\*(rq by default) to a list of processes. This
acts similarly to the command
.IR kill (1)).
.TP
.B r
Change the priority (the \*(lqnice\*(rq) of a list of processes.
.It k
Send a signal (\*(lqkill\*(rq by default) to a list of processes.
This acts similarly to the command
.IR renice (8)).
.TP
.B u
.Xr kill 1 .
.It r
Change the priority (the \*(lqnice\*(rq) of a list of processes.
This acts similarly to
.Xr renice 8 .
.It u
Display only processes owned by a specific set of usernames (prompt for
username). If the username specified is simply \*(lq+\*(rq or \*(lq-\*(rq,
then processes belonging to all users will be displayed. Usernames can be added
username).
If the username specified is simply \*(lq+\*(rq or \*(lq-\*(rq,
then processes belonging to all users will be displayed.
Usernames can be added
to and removed from the set by prepending them with \*(lq+\*(rq and
\*(lq-\*(rq, respectively.
.TP
.B o
Change the order in which the display is sorted. This command is not
available on all systems. The sort key names vary from system to system
but usually include: \*(lqcpu\*(rq, \*(lqres\*(rq, \*(lqsize\*(rq,
\*(lqtime\*(rq. The default is cpu.
.TP
.B p
.It o
Change the order in which the display is sorted.
The sort key names include
\*(lqcpu\*(rq, \*(lqres\*(rq, \*(lqsize\*(rq,
\*(lqtime\*(rq.
The default is cpu.
.It p
Display a specific process (prompt for pid).
If the pid specified is simply \*(lq+\*(rq, then show all processes.
.TP
.B e
.It e
Display a list of system errors (if any) generated by the last
.BR k ill
or
.BR r enice
command.
.TP
.B H
.It B H
Toggle the display of threads.
.TP
.B i
(or
.BR I )
.It i or I
Toggle the display of idle processes.
.TP
.B j
.It j
Toggle the display of
.IR jail (8)
.Xr jail 8
ID.
.TP
.B J
.It J
Display only processes owned by a specific jail (prompt for jail).
If the jail specified is simply \*(lq+\*(rq, then processes belonging
to all jails and the host will be displayed.
This will also enable the display of JID.
.TP
.B P
.It P
Toggle the display of per-CPU statistics.
.TP
.B T
Toggle display of TID vs PID
.TP
.B t
.It T
Toggle display of TID and PID
.It t
Toggle the display of the
.I top
.Nm
process.
.TP
.B w
.It w
Toggle the display of swap usage.
.TP
.B z
.It z
Toggle the display of the system idle process.
.SH "THE DISPLAY"
The actual display varies depending on the specific variant of Unix
that the machine is running. This description may not exactly match
what is seen by top running on this particular machine. Differences
are listed at the end of this manual entry.
.PP
.El
.Sh "THE DISPLAY"
The top few lines of the display show general information
about the state of the system, including
the last process id assigned to a process (on most systems),
@ -396,19 +317,23 @@ the number of processes in each state
and a percentage of time spent in each of the processor states
(user, nice, system, and idle).
It also includes information about physical and virtual memory allocation.
.PP
.Pp
The remainder of the screen displays information about individual
processes. This display is similar in spirit to
.IR ps (1)
but it is not exactly the same. PID is the process id,
JID, when displayed, is the
.IR jail (8)
processes.
This display is similar in spirit to
.Xr ps 1
but it is not exactly the same.
PID is the process id,
JID, when displayed, is the
.Xr jail 8
ID corresponding to the process,
USERNAME is the name of the process's owner (if
.B \-u
.Fl u
is specified, a UID column will be substituted for USERNAME),
PRI is the current priority of the process,
NICE is the nice amount (in the range \-20 to 20),
NICE is the
.Xr nice 1
amount,
SIZE is the total size of the process (text, data, and stack),
RES is the current amount of resident memory,
SWAP is the approximate amount of swap, if enabled
@ -422,143 +347,93 @@ C is the processor number on which the process is executing
TIME is the number of system and user cpu seconds that the process has used,
WCPU, when displayed, is the weighted cpu percentage (this is the same
value that
.IR ps (1)
.Xr ps 1
displays as CPU),
CPU is the raw percentage and is the field that is sorted to determine
the order of the processes, and
COMMAND is the name of the command that the process is currently running
(if the process is swapped out, this column is marked \*(lq<swapped>\*(rq).
.SH NOTES
.Pp
If a process is in the \*(lqSLEEP\*(rq or \*(lqLOCK\*(rq state,
the state column will report the name of the event or lock on which the
process is waiting.
Lock names are prefixed with an asterisk \*(lq*\*(rq while sleep events
are not.
.SH AUTHOR
William LeFebvre, EECS Department, Northwestern University
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.DT
TOP user-configurable defaults for options.
.SH FILES
.DT
/dev/kmem kernel memory
.br
/dev/mem physical memory
.br
/etc/passwd used to map uid numbers to user names
.br
/boot/kernel/kernel system image
.SH BUGS
Don't shoot me, but the default for
.B \-I
has changed once again. So many people were confused by the fact that
.I top
wasn't showing them all the processes that I have decided to make the
default behavior show idle processes, just like it did in version 2.
But to appease folks who can't stand that behavior, I have added the
ability to set \*(lqdefault\*(rq options in the environment variable
.B TOP
(see the OPTIONS section). Those who want the behavior that version
3.0 had need only set the environment variable
.B TOP
to \*(lq\-I\*(rq.
.PP
.Sh AUTHORS
.An William LeFebvre, EECS Department, Northwestern University
.Sh BUGS
The command name for swapped processes should be tracked down, but this
would make the program run slower.
.PP
.Pp
As with
.IR ps (1),
.Xr ps 1 ,
things can change while
.I top
is collecting information for an update. The picture it gives is only a
.Nm
is collecting information for an update.
The picture it gives is only a
close approximation to reality.
.SH SEE ALSO
kill(1),
ps(1),
stty(1),
mem(4),
getrusage(2),
renice(8)
.SH "FreeBSD NOTES"
.SH DESCRIPTION OF MEMORY
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
.Bl -tag -width TOP -compact
.It Pa TOP
Default set of arguments to
.Nm .
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr kill 1 ,
.Xr ps 1 ,
.Xr stty 1 ,
.Xr getrusage 2 ,
.Xr humanize_number 3 ,
.Xr mem 4 ,
.Xr renice 8
.Sh DESCRIPTION OF MEMORY
Mem: 61M Active, 86M Inact, 368K Laundry, 22G Wired, 102G Free
ARC: 15G Total, 9303M MFU, 6155M MRU, 1464K Anon, 98M Header, 35M Other
15G Compressed, 27G Uncompressed, 1.75:1 Ratio, 174M Overhead
Swap: 4096M Total, 532M Free, 13% Inuse, 80K In, 104K Out
.TP
.B K:
Kilobyte
.TP
.B M:
Megabyte
.TP
.B G:
Gigabyte
.TP
.B %:
1/100
.SS Physical Memory Stats
.TP
.B Active:
.Sh Physical Memory Stats
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Active:
number of bytes active
.TP
.B Inact:
.It Inact:
number of clean bytes inactive
.TP
.B Laundry:
.It Laundry:
number of dirty bytes queued for laundering
.TP
.B Wired:
number of bytes wired down, including BIO-level cached file data pages
.TP
.B Buf:
number of bytes used for BIO-level disk caching
.TP
.B Free:
.It Wired:
number of bytes wired down, including IO-level cached file data pages
.It Buf:
number of bytes used for IO-level disk caching
.It Free:
number of bytes free
.SS ZFS ARC Stats
.It ZFS ARC Stats
These stats are only displayed when the ARC is in use.
.TP
.B Total:
.It Total:
number of wired bytes used for the ZFS ARC
.TP
.B MRU:
.It MRU:
number of ARC bytes holding most recently used data
.TP
.B MFU:
.It MFU:
number of ARC bytes holding most frequently used data
.TP
.B Anon:
.It Anon:
number of ARC bytes holding in flight data
.TP
.B Header:
.It Header:
number of ARC bytes holding headers
.TP
.B Other:
.It Other:
miscellaneous ARC bytes
.TP
.B Compressed:
.It Compressed:
bytes of memory used by ARC caches
.TP
.B Uncompressed:
.It Uncompressed:
bytes of data stored in ARC caches before compression
.TP
.B Ratio:
.It Ratio:
compression ratio of data cached in the ARC
.SS Swap Stats
.TP
.B Total:
.It Swap Stats
.It Total:
total available swap usage
.TP
.B Free:
.It Free:
total free swap usage
.TP
.B Inuse:
.It Inuse:
swap usage
.TP
.B In:
.It In:
bytes paged in from swap devices (last interval)
.TP
.B Out:
.It Out:
bytes paged out to swap devices (last interval)
.El