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htop: Start htop displaying processes owned by a specific user.
$ htop --user ${username}
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The command "htop --user ${username}" is used to run the htop command with a specific user filter.

Here's what each part of the command does:

  • "htop" is the command itself, which is a terminal-based process viewer for Linux.
  • "--user" is an option or flag that specifies that we want to filter the view based on the user.
  • "${username}" is a placeholder for the actual username. You need to replace it with the desired username you want to filter htop for.

By running this command, htop will display a live visual representation of the currently running processes on the system, but it will only show the processes that are associated with the specified username. This can be helpful when you want to focus on a specific user's processes and monitor their resource usage in real-time.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.
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