Monitor cpu usage (and perhaps memory using) for a single process simple as possible

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I'm searching the easiest way to monitor the cpu usage of a single process in linux. Use ps and change output is the way i have, but maybe a monitor tool is better. Also I want to plot the usage (nice look). graph and gnuplot are to ugly ;) But plot is optional.

http://serverfault.com/questions/298476/linux-system-resource-analyzer — quanta, Aug 31 '12 at 05:38
http://serverfault.com/questions/395801/graphing-per-user-cpu-usage-on-a-linux-machine — quanta, Aug 31 '12 at 05:39

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 30 '12 at 17:40

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The top command can take a PID as input:

top -p <pid>

No graphs available then though, but you will see the change in CPU usage for this process over time.

answered Aug 30 '12 at 17:40

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Monitor cpu usage (and perhaps memory using) for a single process simple as possible

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