How to echo output of a top into a text file?

Question

I want to write batch or something, that will write output of top into a file on login.

I did top >> output-file, but it contains some strange character!

Can somebody give a simple tutorial about how to write batch file in Linux?

score 19 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 10 '10 at 08:20

19

Try the following

top -b -n1 > filename.txt

The -b is for batch mode, which should prevent the strange characters. The -n1 tells it to only print one iteration.

answered Nov 10 '10 at 08:20

Mad Scientist

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 10 '16 at 14:20

1

Go to terminal and type:

user@ubuntu:~$ top > filename.txt

The output of top command will be now stored in a text file which is located in your Home directory.

edited Jul 10 '16 at 14:20

kenorb

answered Nov 10 '10 at 08:13

karthick87

2 Answers2