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How to poll an app / process CPU utilization levels with fine granularity in Terminal?
I have a particularly problematic process in macOS that has a CPU utilization of 50-100% rather consistently. The process seems to have a somewhat high variability depending on several variables.
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Terminal Speedtest Script MacOS
I am looking for a Terminal Script for MacOS to monitor my bandwidth and ping etc. like this (linux) ->
https://gitgud.io/J0s3f/speedtest_cron/tree/master
I have the speedtest-cli installed via ...
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Is there a way to see current CPU frequency in macOS from terminal (not Intel power gadget)
I am aware of these answers:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9948987/detect-current-cpu-clock-speed-programmatically-on-os-x
View the current clock Speed of a CPU in OS X?
Which refer to Intel ...
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Command line applications to list outgoing connections
I am looking for a command line tool that is able to make a log of the outgoing connections.
I have already taken a look at the nettop command and it is really good, but the list of connections is ...
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How can I monitor a specific folder and know what processes access its contents?
I'm working with a complex Chrome Extension. As I debug it and make changes, some other files are created and modified.
I know for certain that are not modified by me and the extension is not being ...
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How do I monitor the total physical and virtual memory usage of a process and all of its descendants?
From the command line, how would I get the total physical and virtual memory usage of a process and all of its descendants (not just 1st-level children)?
This is useful when you want to monitor the ...
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Can I get the CPU temperature and fan speed from the command line in OS X?
Is there a command I can run from the command line in OS X to get the current CPU temperature and/or the fan speed(s)?
To be more specific, I'd like to be able to get the same info available in the ...
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