Command to list all running apps and processes?

[jsherk]

From the command line in linux you can type either top or ps and get a list of running processes.

Is there an equivalent for iPad iOS command line?

Thanks

 

[richsadams]

Double click the home button. All of the active apps are displayed. Hold down any one of them, they will start to jiggle and a circled minus sign will appear in the upper LH corner. Touch the minus sign to close the app. More here.

If you download iStat for the iPad it will give you a detailed look at all of the processes, etc.

Otherwise there are no "command lines" in iOS. Or did I miss your meaning completely?

 

[tzimisce]

I use XSysInfo, which displays processes, and also has two levels of memory cleaning to free up unused RAM.

 

[Hasty]

Plus1 for XsysInfo.
Great for a quick RAM clean.

 

[DontUnderstandMyIpad]

Plus1 for XsysInfo.
Great for a quick RAM clean.

Indeed and as MountainbikerMark has found out, can you open XSysInfo and than shake the iPad to clear the RAM. What a suitable gesture for RAM clearing.

 

[jsherk]

Yes there is a command line in iPad. Maybe I mean to say shell (command line is DOS term). I use PuTTY and connect remotely from my PC.

I am looking to find running processes from the shell, so I can use the KILL command to shut them down.

 

[jsherk]

Ok, I figured out that you can install TOP from Cydia, and then the top command will run from the shell and list all running processes.

Thanks to A3gOwner here:
How to show running apps and processes?

 

[DontUnderstandMyIpad]

Ok, I figured out that you can install TOP from Cydia, and then the top command will run from the shell and list all running processes.

Thanks to A3gOwner here:
How to show running apps and processes?

Do you need a specific repo to install top?

A google search for "top Cydia app" wasn't exactly useful in finding that app and Cydia doesn't list it either.

 

[jsherk]

I opened Cydia from my iPad, tapped SEARCH and then typed "top" and hit enter and it was the first one listed!

I don't know specifically what repo it is associated with, but if the above doesn't work, post back and I will get a list of the repos I have listed on my iPad for you.

 

[DontUnderstandMyIpad]

I opened Cydia from my iPad, tapped SEARCH and then typed "top" and hit enter and it was the first one listed!

I don't know specifically what repo it is associated with, but if the above doesn't work, post back and I will get a list of the repos I have listed on my iPad for you.

Top isn't listed anywhere on my Cydia with the following repos:
Apt.media-phone.ch
BigBoss
ModMyi.com
repo666.ultrasn0w.com
Telesporeo Tangelo
ZodTTD&MacCiti

Do you have any additional repos?

 

[f4780y]

Make sure you set your user type to "developer" in Cydia. You don't see any of the advanced packages such as TOP if you are just a plain old "user". Enable "developer" and you will see TOP, it is in Saurik's repo.

 

[jsherk]

Ahh... never thought of that! I have mine set to developer already. My repos are:
BigBoss
ModMyi.com
moyashi repository
repo666.ultrasn0w.com
Telesphoreo Tangelo
ZodTTD & MacCiti

 

[DontUnderstandMyIpad]

Thank you f4780y.

Setting Cydia to developer mode did the trick.

 

[SweetPoison]

The mans' a genius, I'm tellin ya.

 

[DontUnderstandMyIpad]

The mans' a genius, I'm tellin ya.

My own modesty was my downfall. I should have never classified myself as a mere user

But yes, it works. Top is now the first item to come up on searches.