'saving output of nettop to file ( mac ) [closed]
I'm trying to save the output of nettop from my terminal to a text file ( maybe .csv ) what I want to do is be able to isolate the different values, specifically I want to track the bytes coming in from a particular application ( so that i can reference that file in another application ) I'm not very familiar with bash scripting but I imagine the right script could accomplish this sort of thing, or is there a better way?
Solution 1:[1]
You want the -L option. nettop -L 1, for example, will output a single sample in .csv format which will give you what you're looking for.
Solution 2:[2]
You can redirect the output of any terminal program to a file using the > character. in the terminal try:
nettop > output.txt
that will save the output of nettop to the file output.txt. If you want to view the output from nettop and save it at the same time, try this:
nettop | tee output.txt
that will "pipe" the output to the program "tee" which will print it to the terminal and write it to the file.
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| Solution | Source |
|---|---|
| Solution 1 | Glyph |
| Solution 2 | Isaac Hanson |