Unix Tip: RENICE CPU HOGS

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Unix Tip 3495 - September 3, 2012

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RENICE CPU HOGS

have you ever wanted to
automatically force a
process that uses up
most of the CPU.

renice 20 `ps -augxww | sort -rn +3 -4 | head -1 | awk '{print $2}'`

Note: Check your 'ps'
command. Your arguments
may differ.




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