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By default the result of the top command is sorted by CPU usage on Linux. The table below list options to sort the result of the top command by different criterias on Linux and macOS

	Linux	macOS
Sort by CPU usage	top	top -o cpu
Sort by Memory usage	top -o %MEM	top -o mem

Note: The above table is generated with the help of TableConvert Online.