It isn't really a "problem", top just runs in the current display rather than creating/using the secondary display like less does. On 10/14/2010 01:58 PM, Mike Miller wrote: > It seems that with my terminal settings, I can pipe anything to "less" and > then kill "less" and return to my command prompt without disturbing > anything. Most programs that fill the terminal window also work this way > -- when they exit, they remove themselves from the screen and show the > screen as it was when they started. > > Unfortunately, "top" doesn't seem to work that way. It always leaves its > text on the screen when it exits. Do any of you understand this problem > or know how I can fix that? > > I find that this kinda works: > > top | less -rf > > It refreshes every time I hit the space bar, but sometimes when I exit I > don't have my command prompt working as before. I find that the "reset" > command fixes the command prompt, but "reset" with no options clears the > screen -- just what I wanted to avoid. It seems that "reset -I" works and > does not clear the screen. If I do this,... > > top | less -rf ; reset -I > > ... then I don't have to worry about about entering the reset command > afterward. Maybe that's an OK strategy. Any ideas? > > Mike > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list