Htop Launch, Install, and Startup Flags/Focus on a process after startup

Use PID filter for targeted monitoring of a service.

Section: Startup modes

Focus on a process after startup

bash
bash
htop -p "$(pgrep -d, -f 'gunicorn|uvicorn')"
Explanation

Creates a focused watch list for matching service processes.

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