Kaushal Shriyan wrote: > On 7/13/06, Roberto Ragusa <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> I'm using this to detect memory consumers: >> >> ps ww -e k -rss o pid,pmem,command,rss,size,vsz|head -20 >> >> It could be useful as a starting point. >> > Hi Roberto > > [root@e root]# ps ww -e k -rss o pid,pmem,command,rss,size,vsz|head -20 > ps: error: Obsolete k option not supported. > usage: ps -[Unix98 options] > ps [BSD-style options] > ps --[GNU-style long options] > ps --help for a command summary > [root@e root]# It works here on FC5 and it is documented in the man page. $ rpm -qf `which ps` procps-3.2.6-3.4 What about ps ww -e --sort -rss o pid,pmem,command,rss,size,vsz|head -20 ? Best regards. -- Roberto Ragusa mail at robertoragusa.it