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

On 7/14/26 21:54, rbowman wrote:
> 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.

   Missed that.

   Frankly I don't use 'man' very often. The
   explainations tend to be obscure and NEVER
   seem to include actual EXAMPLE lines. Guess
   you're Just Supposed To Know ....

   Anyway, it's all good now.