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[Lee Forrest <lforrestster AT gmail.com>]

On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 02:52:32PM +1300, 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:
> Lee Forrest wrote:
> >
> > > Why not run top in an xterm and block-copy the output:
> > 
> > Because the BL3 top doesn't have that option. 
> 
> It has nothing to do with top.  It is a feature of X.
> A *very* useful feature.  I use it many times every day.
> 
> > Unless you are referring to some other technique. 
> > If you are, then please share it with me.
> 
> Block (highlight) text in xterm (or other application) 
> by holding down the left mouse-button and moving the 
> mouse.  Bring up a different xterm (or application) 
> and press the center mouse-button to copy the entire 
> block.

I'm not _that_ ignorant of X, Steven. But I don't know
how to do that in a script. Better a script with ps
than running top and cut&pasting the output every minute
for 16 minutes.

Lee

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