top -b -n1 > /tmp/top.txt
This will run top once write the output to a file and exit. The command top can also be run so that it will give multiple reports. To run top 5 times and wait 5 seconds between each output the command would be:
top -b -n5 -d5 > /tmp/top.txt
How do I capture the output of “top” to a file?
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