Where does the command "top" get its information from in linux?
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Mar 15, 20262698 viewsConfidence Score0%
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Which files does the linux command "top" read from in order to build its table of data? Specifically, I'd like to be able to find the data for the "command" column based off of a PID.
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It's in /proc/$pid/cmdline. The fields are nul separated. Example on my machine:
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