On Tuesday 08 March 2005 08:22, Duncan Lithgow wrote: > thanks guys, how can i get some save-able output from top? I can't cut > and paste from the output... hm.. I can cut and paste from console displaying to to another console (both using xterm) but not to my mail client. You can do this: top -n 1 > top_output.txt The top_output.txt will have one snapshot of top, which you should be able to insert to your mail. 'man top' for more detail. RDB -- Reuben D. Budiardja Dept. Physics and Astronomy University of Tennesse, Knoxville, TN -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GIT/M/MU/P/S d-(++) s: a-- C++(+++) UL++++ P-- L+++>++++ E- W+++ N+ o? K- w--- !O M- V? !PS !PE Y PGP- t+ 5 X R- tv+ b++>+++ DI D(+) G e++>++++ h+(*) r++ y->++++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------