How to find top memory or CPU consuming process in linux

There are many ways to find this but quick and widely used method will be using top or ps command.

Find the top memory consuming process using top command

top -o +%MEM | head -n 20

Similarly, if we have to find top CPU consuming process, command will be

top -o +%CPU | head -n 20

2. Using ps command

Find the top 10 memory consuming process using ps command

ps aux –sort -%mem | head -n 10

Similarly for finding top cpu consuming process, command will be

ps aux –sort -%cpu | head -n 10