Re: Something Odd - "top" Delivers Nada When Run By Crontab

On Tue, 14 Jul 2026 21:38:03 -0400, c186282 wrote:

>    These forums exist because there are enough people, each with their
>    particular areas of expertise and experience, that can chime in. The
>    "-b" info was "good enough", but *explained* made that even better.

man top

-b, --batch
Starts top in Batch mode, which could be useful for sending output from 
top  to other  programs or to a file.  In this mode, top will not accept 
input and runs until the iterations limit you've set with  the  `-n' 
command-line  option  or until killed.