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Htop Batch Alternatives, Exports, and Companion Commands/Capture a batch snapshot with top

Use top when you need non-interactive output.

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Section: Non-interactive companions

Capture a batch snapshot with top

bash
bash
top -b -n 1 | head -100
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Useful for logs, incident notes, or remote command output you need to paste elsewhere.

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