Do you mean the line with 92.1% idle? If it's like vmstat, the first line is cumulative since startup. Paul Rech Clay Fandre wrote: > 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:/# > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature