perfwb Command

Purpose

Starts the Performance Workbench to monitor system activity

Syntax

perfwb

Note: The DISPLAY environment variable must be set.

Description

The perfwb command is used to start the Performance Workbench. It is a graphical interface to monitor the system activity and processes.

A panel shows the partition configuration and the CPU and memory consumptions.

Another panel lists the top processes that can be sorted on the different provided metrics. A filtering device is also provided to restrict the list to particular processes.

Exit Status

Item	Description
0	The command completed successfully.
>0	An error occurred.

Location

/usr/bin/perfwb

Files

Item	Description
/usr/bin/perfwb	Contains the perfwb command.
$HOME/workspace	Contains the perfwb working directory that contains preferences.