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Hello,<br />
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I'm trying to determine how much stress a process puts on the CPU in GNU/Linux.<br />
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I've tried the 'top' command; but that doesn't save the details I need; and also it shows percentages that are greater than 100% on multiple processes, so I'm not sure how to utilize it properly.<br />
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Are there any shell/python scripts I could use to accomplish this?<br />
<br />
Appreciate any help on this!
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Hello,

I'm trying to determine how much stress a process puts on the CPU in GNU/Linux.

I've tried the 'top' command; but that doesn't save the details I need; and also it shows percentages that are greater than 100% on multiple processes, so I'm not sure how to utilize it properly.

Are there any shell/python scripts I could use to accomplish this?

Appreciate any help on this!

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