I think there might be some portability issues, as those flags don't work on the versions of top that I have. (Solaris and MacOS):

Solaris:

$ top -n1 -c -b
top: illegal option -- 1
Top version 3.5beta12
Usage: top [-ISbinqu] [-d x] [-s x] [-o field] [-U username] [number]

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MacOS

$ top -n1 -c -b
top: Invalid argument: -c -b
top usage: top [-a | -d | -e | -c <mode>]
               [-F | -f]
               [-h]
               [-k]
               [-L | -l <samples>]
               [-o <key>] [-O <skey>]
               [-R | -r]
               [-s <delay>]
               [-T | -t]
               [-U <user>]
               [-u]
               [-W | -w]
               [-X | x]
               [[-n] <nprocs>]

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In reply to Re^2: Memory Monitoring by jhourcle
in thread Memory Monitoring by steelrose

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