Just for fun, somedays back I was reading the top command. This command is something that I have been using since long time and have never read the man page so I thought let me do that. And yes, it was worth while to look at that page. I came to know that top supports toprc file and that it can be used to configure the way top looks. So:

Here’s how top looks without the rc file

<a href="http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/top.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1169" title="top" src="http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/top.jpg" alt="top" width="656" height="362" />

And here&#8217;s how it looks with the rc file:

<a href="http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/toprc.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1170" title="toprc" src="http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/toprc.jpg" alt="top with rc" width="656" height="362" />

And here is the ~/.toprc file:

RCfile for &#8221;top with windows&#8221; # shameless braggin&#8217;

Id:a, Mode_altscr=0, Mode_irixps=1, Delay_time=5.000, Curwin=0

Def fieldscur=mfcAbdEgHIursOpQTvyzWjKNLX

winflags=32184, sortindx=10, maxtasks=0

summclr=2, msgsclr=1, headclr=7, taskclr=7

Job fieldscur=ABcefgjlrstuvyzMKNHIWOPQDX

winflags=62777, sortindx=0, maxtasks=0

summclr=6, msgsclr=6, headclr=7, taskclr=6

Mem fieldscur=ANOPQRSTUVbcdefgjlmyzWHIKX

winflags=62777, sortindx=13, maxtasks=0

summclr=5, msgsclr=5, headclr=4, taskclr=5

Usr fieldscur=ABDECGfhijlopqrstuvyzMKNWX

winflags=62777, sortindx=4, maxtasks=0

summclr=3, msgsclr=3, headclr=2, taskclr=3

This is just an example, but you can do much more with the rc file.

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