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How can you identify and terminate a process that is using a lot of CPU in Linux?
How can you identify and terminate a process that is using a lot of CPU in Linux?
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The ‘top’ or ‘htop’ command can display the processes using the most CPU. To terminate a process, the ‘kill’ command followed by the process ID (PID) can be used.