Can someone explain why the first line is always the same? ac:/# top q b n 2 | grep "CPU st" CPU states: 6.1% user, 1.7% system, 0.1% nice, 92.1% idle CPU states: 53.3% user, 46.7% system, 0.0% nice, 0.0% idle ac:/# top q b n 2 | grep "CPU st" CPU states: 6.1% user, 1.7% system, 0.1% nice, 92.1% idle CPU states: 33.3% user, 66.7% system, 0.0% nice, 0.0% idle ac:/# top q b n 2 | grep "CPU st" CPU states: 6.1% user, 1.7% system, 0.1% nice, 92.1% idle CPU states: 53.8% user, 46.2% system, 0.0% nice, 0.0% idle ac:/# top q b n 2 | grep "CPU st" CPU states: 6.1% user, 1.7% system, 0.1% nice, 92.1% idle CPU states: 50.0% user, 50.0% system, 0.0% nice, 0.0% idle ac:/# top q b n 2 | grep "CPU st" CPU states: 6.1% user, 1.7% system, 0.1% nice, 92.1% idle CPU states: 75.0% user, 25.0% system, 0.0% nice, 0.0% idle ac:/# -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20010825/629effbd/attachment.pgp