Press k and then type the PID number to kill the process.ħ. In our example the PID for inkscape was 4582 but it will be different each time Inkscape is running.Ħ. The PID is the number assigned to identify the process and they are listed in the first column of the top output. Find the listing for Inkscape and note the PID. Launch Inkscape or another non essential application.ĥ. Because this is a text based interface, adding color can help distinguish between labels and data.Ĥ. Press z to add color to the top interface to make it easier to read. This can be very useful if you are only interested in current running processes and makes the list easier to read.ģ. Press i to constrain the current processes list to those currently active. Below this you will see a list of processes and this information will refresh at a default of once every three seconds. The second line of the top screen shows the total number of tasks, which are currently running and which are sleeping, stopped or zombie status. When it’s launched, you will see the terminal populate with information regarding all the processes and their status.
We can use the top tool in the terminal to look at, interact and then kill the rogue processes.ġ. For example, it could be one browser window rather than all of Chromium or Firefox.Then you can close the problematic process while leaving the rest of the app running. Often, software applications have numerous processes running and it can be useful to try and work out which one is likely causing the problem.
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