Hello.
I have not been able to find the meaning of the %id column of the CPU states section of the Linux top command. It is in the summary area.
Man page for 'top' mention all other columns but this.
I have read in the web that some people 'guess' it means IDLE, but I'm not sure.
Could you please clarify this for me?
Thank you in advance.
cadlg
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July 3, 2008 2:54 PM
UPDATED:
April 18, 2013 2:27 PM
Carlos, %id is just what you found on the web, idle. A small experiment with
cat some.big.input.file > an.output.file
will clarify the question.
Hehe, yes. It seems pretty obvious now.
Thank you, Petko.
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