Shell

Last updated: January 18, 2021

“Shell” refers to the macOS or Linux shell – in other words, the command line interface you get when you open the Terminal on a Mac.

Process monitoring

Similar to Activity Monitor on a Mac, it can be helpful to monitor resources and processes in the shell.

• top is the basic built-in command for this that should be on any *nix system.
• htop is also available on Linux but isn’t installed by default on macOS.
• glances is more or less a Python version of htop.

Elsewhere in the KB

• tmux is a tool for shell window management and persistance.