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How to find which processes are using the most swap

by Brian Fitzgerald

Procedure

Start top

Press ‘f” (fields)

Press the down-arrow and stop at “SWAP”

This next step is for aesthetics only:

Press right-arrow to start moving the selection. Press up-arrow and stop between “%MEM” and “TIME+”. Press enter.

Press spacebar and note that “*” appears at left. Press “s” and note that “sort field is SWAP” appears at upper right.

Press “q”.

Voilà!

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