Display separate cpu states in top

David Liontooth liontooth at cogweb.net
Wed Jan 2 08:31:00 PST 2008


Dual-core CPUs are now commonplace on Macs. Can top display the load on 
each core?

In Linux, the top from procps has for a while now included this option:

 <1> :Toggle_Single/Separate_Cpu_States  --  On/Off
              This command affects how the 't' command's Cpu States 
portion is shown.  Although this toggle exists primarily to serve  
massively-parallel
              SMP machines, it is not restricted to solely SMP environments.

              When you see 'Cpu(s):' in the summary area, the '1' toggle 
is On and all cpu information is gathered in a single line.  Otherwise, 
each cpu
              is displayed separately as: 'Cpu0, Cpu1, ...'

Any way to get this functionality in OSX?

Cheers,
Dave


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