Monitor CPU and Memory Usage With top

If you are not familiar with the top command and need to monitor CPU and RAM usage on your system you may want to check it out.
Typing "top" in a console window (also known as terminal, shell window or command line) will convert the whole window into a dynamic display of verious system resource statistics. In particular, you will get a list of processes ordered according to how much CPU they are using, with the process using the most CPU at the top of the list. Read more...