I'm on Ubuntu 18.04. I'm already aware that I can start htop
, and then hit F4 for filter, then type or paste a process name search query (say, gphoto2
for looking for gvfs-gphoto2-volume-monitor.service
), and then htop filters the shown processes: if there is no such process, it shows nothing, if it starts later, htop
shows it then.
Now, I would like to start htop
with filtering already from the command line, say:
htop --filter="gphoto2"
… and get the exact same behavior as if hitting F4 and typing in the terminal UI. This would be useful if integrating the command into, say, a tmux
session.
I browsed through man htop
, but unfortunately I cannot see such command line/option. Closest I've seen is -p
, which as noted in how to show only processes *not* matching a filter? :
Something like
htop -p "$(pgrep -vfd, 'java|python')"
This has the obvious disadvantage of not accounting for processes that start after htop starts running
So, is there a way to set up process name filtering on the command line at startup, such that it takes account for newly killed or spawned processes (as if hitting F4 in htop
s terminal UI) – for htop
, or top
, or any other similar program?
Best Answer
I went looking for this option, too, and it doesn't exist. I settled for (using your search-term):