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Getting 'top: Unknown terminal "dumb" in $TERM' in Linux

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Problem

I'm getting this error whenever executing the command in Linux remotely via SSH: My Java application which monitors the performance of the remote machine uses the output of top command. How can I fix this problem?

Error Output

top: Unknown terminal "dumb" in $TERM

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Fix for: Getting 'top: Unknown terminal "dumb" in $TERM' in Linux

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Try passing the -b option to top. From the manual:

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