What does the bold line in the bash `top` command output signify? [closed]

Question

The top command in bash outputs something like

  PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND
 4724 root      20   0 4986596 4.425g  26404 R  47.2 30.1   3:49.97 python
 4681 root      20   0 7704444 602344  38844 S  12.6  3.9   1:15.40 java
  483 root      20   0 7727184 999976  29428 S   3.0  6.5   0:44.70 java

Except that in bash one of the rows is usually in bold. Its usually the top (most resource intensive) row, but not always.

What does it mean?

Answer 1

First, the output of top can be configured. Some distros (Ubuntu for example) will display running processes in bold letters by default.

Look at the S column. That means state. R means running.

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For further info about the top options check the man page and/or use the (nice) interactive help which you can enter by pressing h when top is running.