perfwb Command

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Purpose

Starts the Performance workbench to monitor system activity

Syntax

perfwb
Note: The DISPLAY environment variable must be set.

Description

The perfwb command is used to start the Performance workbench. It is a graphical interface to monitor the system activity and processes.

A panel shows the partition configuration and the CPU and memory consumptions.

Another panel lists the top processes that can be sorted on the different provided metrics. A filtering device is also provided to restrict the list to particular processes.

Exit Status

Table 1. Exit Status
Item Description
0 The command was completed successfully.
>0 An error occurred.

Location

/usr/bin/perfwb

Files

Table 2. Files
Item Description
/usr/bin/perfwb Contains the perfwb command.
$HOME/workspace Contains the perfwb working directory that contains preferences.