#monitoring

48 solutions

ps aux: A Full Snapshot of Running Processes
LinuxprocessmonitoringTerminal

Use the classic ps aux command to list every process on the system with owner, CPU, memory, and command columns.

Low risk ✓ 2026-09-19
Snapshot All Processes and Search with ps aux
macOSProcessesmonitoringTerminal

Dump the complete process list and filter it for a keyword in one line.

Low risk ✓ 2026-09-19
Check RAM Usage with free -h
Linuxmonitoringmemoryfree

Use free -h to see used, free, and available memory plus swap in GB/MiB instead of raw kilobytes.

Low risk ✓ 2026-09-17
One-Shot CPU Snapshot with top
macOSProcessesmonitoringcpu

Print a single top-style report sorted by CPU instead of watching a live updating screen.

Low risk ✓ 2026-09-19
Find which app is eating your bandwidth (nethogs)
Linuxnetworkmonitoringnethogs

Live per-program upload/download speeds, like Task Manager's network tab.

Medium risk ✓ 2026-09-18
Track monthly data usage with vnstat
Linuxnetworkmonitoringvnstat

A lightweight daemon logs traffic per interface so you can check daily and monthly totals anytime.

Low risk ✓ 2026-09-18
Check a Process's Memory Usage (RSS) with ps
macOSProcessesmonitoringmemory

Report exactly how many kilobytes of physical memory a single process holds, without Activity Monitor.

Low risk ✓ 2026-09-19
Follow a log file live with tail -f
macOSlogsmonitoringtail

tail -f prints the last lines of a file and keeps running, showing every new line the moment it is written — the standard way to watch logs without refreshing.

Low risk ✓ 2026-09-17
Check CPU Temperature with lm-sensors
Linuxhardwaretemperaturemonitoring

The sensors command prints temperatures, voltages, and fan speeds for all detected hardware monitoring chips.

Low risk ✓ 2026-09-17
pstree -p: Visualize the Process Parent/Child Tree
LinuxprocessmonitoringTerminal

Display running processes as a tree with PIDs, so you can see exactly which process spawned which.

Low risk ✓ 2026-09-19
Check NVIDIA GPU Usage with nvidia-smi
Linuxgpumonitoringdrivers

Query GPU name, temperature, utilization and memory with a single nvidia-smi command on Linux.

Low risk ✓ 2026-09-19
Colorful Resource Monitor: btop
LinuxProcessessystemmonitoring

Watch CPU, memory, disks and network with animated graphs and themes.

Low risk ✓ 2026-09-20