Launch btop

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btop

Explanation

Use a modern TUI monitor if available.

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Open the classic realtime process viewer.

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Open the interactive ncurses process monitor if installed.

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Capture system-wide resource and per-process metrics.

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Display per-thread activity inside top.

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Focus top on one or more processes.

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Sample process activity every second for five intervals.

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