top(1): adding grep like selection and system processes

[Conrad Meyer]

Hi Christian,

I've wanted these features in top many times.  Sounds great to me.

Take care,
Conrad
On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 10:44 AM Christian Barthel <bch at online.de> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I've added two features that I (personally) found useful in top(1):
>
> A grep-like feature to filter command names in top(1) (inspired by the
> OpenBSD top version).  One example may be to filter out all current
> virtual machines by using "top -g bhyve" or interactively with "g
> bhyve". (there was already a selection field ps.command; so, perhaps
> someone is already working on a similar feature?).  It is not possible
> to filter with a regular expression.
>
> The second flag is selection of system processes with -K or
> interactively toggle between user and system processes.
>
> I want to ask if this is of general interest for FreeBSD users or if its
> useful for someone else here?  I've tested it on FreeBSD 13.0-CURRENT.
>
> Christian
>
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