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htop is an enhanced version of top, the interactive process viewer,
which can display the list of processes in a tree form.

Comparison between 'htop' and 'top'

    * In 'htop' you can scroll the list vertically and horizontally
    to see all processes and full command lines.
    * In 'top' you are subject to a delay for each unassigned
    key you press (especially annoying when multi-key escape
    sequences are triggered by accident).
    * 'htop' starts faster ('top' seems to collect data for a while
    before displaying anything).
    * In 'htop' you don't need to type the process number to
    kill a process, in 'top' you do.
    * In 'htop' you don't need to type the process number or
    the priority value to renice a process, in 'top' you do.
    * In 'htop' you can kill multiple processes at once.
    * 'top' is older, hence, more tested.

WWW: http://htop.sourceforge.net/