How can I save the view to sort by CPU usage?

Question

Can I somehow modify htop's default view to display processes sorted by CPU usage? I want htop to "remember" my view/sort method.

If it's relevant, I'm currently on Xubuntu 13.10.

score 35 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 13 '18 at 13:24

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Run htop, press F6, select CPU%.

Quit by using F10

If it doesn't remember your settings check your ~/.config/htop/htoprc file if it is writable by your user. You might make it writable like this:

chown $USER ~/.config/htop/htoprc

Or you can try removing it and let htop generate a new one, maybe the old one is corrupted somehow.

rm ~/.config/htop/htoprc

edited Mar 13 '18 at 13:24

galoget

answered Jan 05 '14 at 21:40

falconer

Thank you. Well the thing is, the next time I run htop, it doesn't remember my selection. – henry Jan 05 '14 at 21:41
@henry I updated my answer. Still doesn't help? – falconer Jan 05 '14 at 21:47
Deleted the file, it's now sorted by CPU by default. Again, that is, don't know why it wouldn't switch back. Thank you. – henry Jan 05 '14 at 21:53
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Also, to save your settings when you quit, use F10 to quit instead of pressing q. – BallpointBen Jun 17 '17 at 02:51

John Mark Scarborough · Answer 2 · 2015-02-22T17:13:34.883

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I noticed I had to actually quit properly using F10 and not Ctrl + C for htop to save the sort by column.

edited Feb 22 '15 at 17:13

answered Feb 22 '15 at 17:08

Please make sure to write a complete answer instead of a partial one. Even though others may have provided the information doesn't mean it should be left out of your answer. You could also leave a comment in case you just wanted to let the poster know. – Xweque Feb 22 '15 at 20:05
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Whats wrong with my answer?? – John Mark Scarborough Feb 23 '15 at 20:54
It's probably best to mention how to change the sort order in the first place. – LovesTha May 02 '17 at 03:06

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered May 31 '15 at 08:50

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Other solutions are better, but if all else fails, you can make an alias for htop -s PERCENT_CPU.

answered May 31 '15 at 08:50

Mark

This is useful when its not possible to transmit the F6 keypress - such as when connecting via Putty (Windows) – svandragt Jun 30 '16 at 09:30
@svandragt Maybe I have a newer version of putty, but the F6 key is working on windows 7 with putty. – Joshua Pack Nov 04 '16 at 14:51

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