No sort by memory in top command?

[Ant]

Hello.

Is it me or does Mac OS X's Terminal's top command not have a sort by
memory like in Linux? I cannot find anything about it with parameters,
keys, etc. online and in its man guide. I know, I can use Activity
Monitor GUI, but I'm old school and use Terminal a lot. FYI, I have
not installed MacPort/HomeBrew/Fink yet due to other issues. ;)

Thank you in advance. :)
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On 2015-10-02, Ant <ANT...@zimage.com> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Is it me or does Mac OS X's Terminal's top command not have a sort by
> memory like in Linux? I cannot find anything about it with parameters,
> keys, etc. online and in its man guide. I know, I can use Activity
> Monitor GUI, but I'm old school and use Terminal a lot. FYI, I have
> not installed MacPort/HomeBrew/Fink yet due to other issues. ;)
>
> Thank you in advance. :)

It's right there in the man page:

-o <key>
Order the process display by sorting on <key> in descending order. A +
or - can be prefixed to the key name to specify ascending or descending
order, respectively. The supported keys are:
.
.
.
mem Internal memory size.
rprvt Resident private address space size.
purg Purgeable memory size.
vsize Total memory size.
vprvt Private address space size.
kprvt Private kernel memory size.
kshrd Shared kernel memory size.

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[Ant]

> > Is it me or does Mac OS X's Terminal's top command not have a sort by
> > memory like in Linux? I cannot find anything about it with parameters,
> > keys, etc. online and in its man guide. I know, I can use Activity
> > Monitor GUI, but I'm old school and use Terminal a lot. FYI, I have
> > not installed MacPort/HomeBrew/Fink yet due to other issues. ;)
> >
> > Thank you in advance. :)

> It's right there in the man page:

> -o <key>
> Order the process display by sorting on <key> in descending order. A +
> or - can be prefixed to the key name to specify ascending or descending
> order, respectively. The supported keys are:
> .
> .
> .
> mem Internal memory size.
> rprvt Resident private address space size.
> purg Purgeable memory size.
> vsize Total memory size.
> vprvt Private address space size.
> kprvt Private kernel memory size.
> kshrd Shared kernel memory size.

Ah thanks, I missed "mem" part in man guide. I was looking at "?" help
and online.