15.3) Running A Program

We can take this top command a step further. I assume you are learning Unix in order to run programs. It is likely that you will be writing and running the programs. So this section will show you how to use top to look at your program when it is running and you will learn how to stop (or kill) the program (or job).

A program running on your computer is often called a job and stopping a program is often referred to as ‘killing a job’.