Show processes most consuming CPU & MEM
For CPU
$ ps -aux --sort=-pcpu
USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND
root 30437 3.3 2.9 127052 60564 ? S Sep28 377:06 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/ansible-playbook -i hosts/web-qc -e ansistrano_release_version=20170928064335Z backend-admin-deploy.yml
root 30440 3.3 2.6 194920 55220 ? Sl Sep28 377:06 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/ansible-playbook -i hosts/web-qc -e ansistrano_release_version=20170928064335Z backend-admin-deploy.yml
root 2798 3.2 2.9 121952 59680 ? S Sep06 1401:46 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/ansible-playbook -i hosts/web-qc -e ansistrano_release_version=20170906030038Z backend-admin-deploy.yml
root 2801 3.2 2.6 194916 55188 ? Sl Sep06 1415:24 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/ansible-playbook -i hosts/web-qc -e ansistrano_release_version=20170906030038Z backend-admin-deploy.yml
root 2970 3.2 2.9 121952 59752 ? S Sep06 1409:28 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/ansible-playbook -i hosts/web-qc -e ansistrano_release_version=20170906030350Z backend-admin-deploy.yml
root 2973 3.2 2.6 194916 55020 ? Sl Sep06 1416:16 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/ansible-playbook -i hosts/web-qc -e ansistrano_release_version=20170906030350Z backend-admin-deploy.yml
root 3252 3.2 2.9 121952 59756 ? S Sep06 1408:45 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/ansible-playbook -i hosts/web-qc -e ansistrano_release_version=20170906030604Z backend-admin-deploy.yml
root 3255 3.2 2.6 194916 54964 ? Sl Sep06 1413:53 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/ansible-playbook -i hosts/web-qc -e ansistrano_release_version=20170906030604Z backend-admin-deploy.yml
root 3459 3.2 2.9 121952 59700 ? S Sep06 1412:12 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/ansible-playbook -i hosts/web-qc -e ansistrano_release_version=20170906030817Z backend-admin-deploy.yml
root 3462 3.2 2.6 194916 55092 ? Sl Sep06 1410:22 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/ansible-playbook -i hosts/web-qc -e ansistrano_release_version=20170906030817Z backend-admin-deploy.yml
jenkins 17319 0.1 26.9 2592812 552296 ? Sl Sep07 52:55 /usr/bin/java -Djava.awt.headless=true -jar /usr/share/jenkins/jenkins.war --webroot=/var/cache/jenkins/war --httpPort=8080
root 1 0.0 0.2 121692 5820 ? Ss Jun22 0:35 /sbin/init
root 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Jun22 0:00 [kthreadd]
For MEM
ps -aux --sort=+%mem | tail -n 10
Reference: https://www.pslinux.online/ps-aux.html
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