padeoe · July 16, 2025 01:13 · Aug 20, 2024 · Jul 8, 2023 · Jul 6, 2023 · Jul 6, 2023
diff --git a/enhanced-nvidia-smi.md b/enhanced-nvidia-smi.md
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-This script enhances the functionality of `nvidia-smi` and provides the following information:
+For typical use cases, I prefer using `nvitop` to view detailed information. This script offers a dependency-free implementation. 
+
+The script enhances the functionality of `nvidia-smi` and provides the following info:
 
 - `Username`
 - `full process Command`

diff --git a/nvidia-smi-process-name.md → enhanced-nvidia-smi.md b/nvidia-smi-process-name.md → enhanced-nvidia-smi.md
diff --git a/nvidia-smi-process-name.md b/nvidia-smi-process-name.md
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ This is useful on multi-user servers and can be used to quickly identify which u
 
 
 ```bash
-nvidia-smi && (nvidia-smi |tr -s ' '|grep -Eo "| [0123456789]+ N/A N/A [0-9]{3,} .*"|awk -F' ' '{system("s=$(cat /proc/"$4"/cmdline| tr \"\\0\" \" \");u=$(ps -o uname= -p "$4");echo "$1"sep"$4"sep$u sep"$7"sep$s" ) }'|sed 's/sep/\t/g')```
+nvidia-smi && (nvidia-smi |tr -s ' '|grep -Eo "| [0123456789]+ N/A N/A [0-9]{3,} .*"|awk -F' ' '{system("s=$(cat /proc/"$4"/cmdline| tr \"\\0\" \" \");u=$(ps -o uname= -p "$4");echo "$1"sep"$4"sep$u sep"$7"sep$s" ) }'|sed 's/sep/\t/g')
+```
 The output is like this
+
 ```
 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | Processes:                                                       GPU Memory |

diff --git a/nvidia-smi-process-name.md b/nvidia-smi-process-name.md
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ This is useful on multi-user servers and can be used to quickly identify which u
 
 
 ```bash
-nvidia-smi |tr -s ' '|grep -Eo "| [0123456789]+ N/A N/A [0-9]{3,} .*"|awk -F' ' '{system("s=$(cat /proc/"$4"/cmdline| tr \"\\0\" \" \");u=$(ps -o uname= -p "$4");echo "$1"sep"$4"sep$u sep"$7"sep$s" ) }'|sed 's/sep/\t/g'
-```
+nvidia-smi && (nvidia-smi |tr -s ' '|grep -Eo "| [0123456789]+ N/A N/A [0-9]{3,} .*"|awk -F' ' '{system("s=$(cat /proc/"$4"/cmdline| tr \"\\0\" \" \");u=$(ps -o uname= -p "$4");echo "$1"sep"$4"sep$u sep"$7"sep$s" ) }'|sed 's/sep/\t/g')```
 The output is like this
 ```
 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
@@ -34,4 +33,6 @@ The output is like this
 1   30439   root    199MiB  /usr/bin/python -u /sentsim/train.py
 2   3296    root    137MiB  python playground2.py
 2   21266   root    4735MiB /opt/conda/bin/python -u /cail/model.py
-```
+```
+
+For convenience, you can alias the command.
diff --git a/nvidia-smi-process-name.md b/nvidia-smi-process-name.md
@@ -1,21 +1,18 @@
-This script is based one `nvidia-smi`, but it can show complete process names and commands.
+This script enhances the functionality of `nvidia-smi` and provides the following information:
+
+- `Username`
+- `full process Command`
+- `GPU ID`
+- `PID`
+
+This is useful on multi-user servers and can be used to quickly identify which user is using the GPU and running what kind of program.
+
+
 ```bash
-nvidia-smi |tr -s ' '|grep -Eo "| [0123] [0-9]{3,} .*"|awk -F' ' '{system("s=$(cat /proc/"$2"/cmdline| tr \"\\0\" \" \");u=$(ps -o uname= -p "$2");echo "$1"sep$u sep"$5"sep$s" ) }'|sed -e 's/sep/\t/g'
+nvidia-smi |tr -s ' '|grep -Eo "| [0123456789]+ N/A N/A [0-9]{3,} .*"|awk -F' ' '{system("s=$(cat /proc/"$4"/cmdline| tr \"\\0\" \" \");u=$(ps -o uname= -p "$4");echo "$1"sep"$4"sep$u sep"$7"sep$s" ) }'|sed 's/sep/\t/g'
 ```
 The output is like this
 ```
-0   root    5825MiB python playground2.py
-0   root    6319MiB /opt/conda/bin/python -u /cail/model.py
-1   root    137MiB  python playground2.py
-1   root    273MiB  /usr/bin/python -u /sentsim/cli_predict.py
-1   root    4735MiB /opt/conda/bin/python -u /cail/model.py
-1   root    199MiB  /usr/bin/python -u /sentsim/train.py
-2   root    137MiB  python playground2.py
-2   root    4735MiB /opt/conda/bin/python -u /cail/model.py
-```
-
-As a compare, the output of `nvidia-smi` is
-```
 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | Processes:                                                       GPU Memory |
 |  GPU       PID   Type   Process name                             Usage      |
@@ -29,4 +26,12 @@ As a compare, the output of `nvidia-smi` is
 |    2      3296      C   python                                       137MiB |
 |    2     21266      C   /opt/conda/bin/python                       4735MiB |
 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+0   3296    user1   5825MiB python playground2.py
+0   21266   user2   6319MiB /opt/conda/bin/python -u /cail/model.py
+1   3299    root    137MiB  python playground2.py
+1   8063    root    273MiB  /usr/bin/python -u /sentsim/cli_predict.py
+1   21266   root    4735MiB /opt/conda/bin/python -u /cail/model.py
+1   30439   root    199MiB  /usr/bin/python -u /sentsim/train.py
+2   3296    root    137MiB  python playground2.py
+2   21266   root    4735MiB /opt/conda/bin/python -u /cail/model.py
 ```
diff --git a/nvidia-smi-process-name.md b/nvidia-smi-process-name.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 This script is based one `nvidia-smi`, but it can show complete process names and commands.
 ```bash
-nvidia-smi |tr -s ' '|grep -Eo "| [0123] [0-9]{3,} .*"|awk -F' ' '{system("s=$(cat /proc/"$2"/cmdline| tr \"\\0\" \" \");u=$(ps -o uname= -p "$2");echo -e "$1"sep$u sep"$5"sep$s" ) }'|sed -e 's/sep/\t/g'
+nvidia-smi |tr -s ' '|grep -Eo "| [0123] [0-9]{3,} .*"|awk -F' ' '{system("s=$(cat /proc/"$2"/cmdline| tr \"\\0\" \" \");u=$(ps -o uname= -p "$2");echo "$1"sep$u sep"$5"sep$s" ) }'|sed -e 's/sep/\t/g'
 ```
 The output is like this
 ```

diff --git a/nvidia-smi-process-name.md b/nvidia-smi-process-name.md
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ nvidia-smi |tr -s ' '|grep -Eo "| [0123] [0-9]{3,} .*"|awk -F' ' '{system("s=$(c
 ```
 The output is like this
 ```
-0 root 	5825MiB python playground2.py
-0 root 	6319MiB /opt/conda/bin/python -u /cail/model.py
-1 root  137MiB  python playground2.py
-1 root  273MiB  /usr/bin/python -u /sentsim/cli_predict.py
-1 root  4735MiB /opt/conda/bin/python -u /cail/model.py
-1 root  199MiB  /usr/bin/python -u /sentsim/train.py
-2 root  137MiB  python playground2.py
-2 root  4735MiB /opt/conda/bin/python -u /cail/model.py
+0   root    5825MiB python playground2.py
+0   root    6319MiB /opt/conda/bin/python -u /cail/model.py
+1   root    137MiB  python playground2.py
+1   root    273MiB  /usr/bin/python -u /sentsim/cli_predict.py
+1   root    4735MiB /opt/conda/bin/python -u /cail/model.py
+1   root    199MiB  /usr/bin/python -u /sentsim/train.py
+2   root    137MiB  python playground2.py
+2   root    4735MiB /opt/conda/bin/python -u /cail/model.py
 ```
 
 As a compare, the output of `nvidia-smi` is

diff --git a/nvidia-smi-process-name.md b/nvidia-smi-process-name.md
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ nvidia-smi |tr -s ' '|grep -Eo "| [0123] [0-9]{3,} .*"|awk -F' ' '{system("s=$(c
 ```
 The output is like this
 ```
-0	root 	5825MiB python playground2.py
-0	root 	6319MiB /opt/conda/bin/python -u /cail/model.py
+0 root 	5825MiB python playground2.py
+0 root 	6319MiB /opt/conda/bin/python -u /cail/model.py
 1 root  137MiB  python playground2.py
 1 root  273MiB  /usr/bin/python -u /sentsim/cli_predict.py
 1 root  4735MiB /opt/conda/bin/python -u /cail/model.py

diff --git a/nvidia-smi-process-name.md b/nvidia-smi-process-name.md
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ The output is like this
 1 root  137MiB  python playground2.py
 1 root  273MiB  /usr/bin/python -u /sentsim/cli_predict.py
 1 root  4735MiB /opt/conda/bin/python -u /cail/model.py
-1 root  199MiB /usr/bin/python -u /sentsim/train.py
-2 root  137MiB python playground2.py
+1 root  199MiB  /usr/bin/python -u /sentsim/train.py
+2 root  137MiB  python playground2.py
 2 root  4735MiB /opt/conda/bin/python -u /cail/model.py
 ```
 

diff --git a/nvidia-smi-process-name.md b/nvidia-smi-process-name.md
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ nvidia-smi |tr -s ' '|grep -Eo "| [0123] [0-9]{3,} .*"|awk -F' ' '{system("s=$(c
 ```
 The output is like this
 ```
-0 5825MiB pythonplayground2.py
-0 6319MiB /opt/conda/bin/python-u/cail/model.py
-1 137MiB pythonplayground2.py
-1 273MiB /usr/bin/python-u/sentsim/cli_predict.py
-1 4735MiB /opt/conda/bin/python-u/cail/model.py
-1 199MiB /usr/bin/python-u/sentsim/train.py
-2 137MiB pythonplayground2.py
-2 4735MiB /opt/conda/bin/python-u/cail/model.py
+0	root 	5825MiB python playground2.py
+0	root 	6319MiB /opt/conda/bin/python -u /cail/model.py
+1 root  137MiB  python playground2.py
+1 root  273MiB  /usr/bin/python -u /sentsim/cli_predict.py
+1 root  4735MiB /opt/conda/bin/python -u /cail/model.py
+1 root  199MiB /usr/bin/python -u /sentsim/train.py
+2 root  137MiB python playground2.py
+2 root  4735MiB /opt/conda/bin/python -u /cail/model.py
 ```
 
 As a compare, the output of `nvidia-smi` is

diff --git a/nvidia-smi-process-name.md b/nvidia-smi-process-name.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 This script is based one `nvidia-smi`, but it can show complete process names and commands.
 ```bash
-nvidia-smi |tr -s ' '|grep -Eo "| [0-9]+ [0-9]{3,} .*"|awk -F' ' '{system("s=$(cat /proc/"$2"/cmdline);echo -e "$1"\t"$5"\t$s" ) }'|tr ' ' '     '
+nvidia-smi |tr -s ' '|grep -Eo "| [0123] [0-9]{3,} .*"|awk -F' ' '{system("s=$(cat /proc/"$2"/cmdline| tr \"\\0\" \" \");u=$(ps -o uname= -p "$2");echo -e "$1"sep$u sep"$5"sep$s" ) }'|sed -e 's/sep/\t/g'
 ```
 The output is like this
 ```

diff --git a/nvidia-smi-process-name.md b/nvidia-smi-process-name.md
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+This script is based one `nvidia-smi`, but it can show complete process names and commands.
+```bash
+nvidia-smi |tr -s ' '|grep -Eo "| [0-9]+ [0-9]{3,} .*"|awk -F' ' '{system("s=$(cat /proc/"$2"/cmdline);echo -e "$1"\t"$5"\t$s" ) }'|tr ' ' '     '
+```
+The output is like this
+```
+0 5825MiB pythonplayground2.py
+0 6319MiB /opt/conda/bin/python-u/cail/model.py
+1 137MiB pythonplayground2.py
+1 273MiB /usr/bin/python-u/sentsim/cli_predict.py
+1 4735MiB /opt/conda/bin/python-u/cail/model.py
+1 199MiB /usr/bin/python-u/sentsim/train.py
+2 137MiB pythonplayground2.py
+2 4735MiB /opt/conda/bin/python-u/cail/model.py
+```
+
+As a compare, the output of `nvidia-smi` is
+```
++-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| Processes:                                                       GPU Memory |
+|  GPU       PID   Type   Process name                             Usage      |
+|=============================================================================|
+|    0      3296      C   python                                      5825MiB |
+|    0     21266      C   /opt/conda/bin/python                       6319MiB |
+|    1      3296      C   python                                       137MiB |
+|    1      8063      C   /usr/bin/python                              273MiB |
+|    1     21266      C   /opt/conda/bin/python                       4735MiB |
+|    1     30439      C   /usr/bin/python                              199MiB |
+|    2      3296      C   python                                       137MiB |
+|    2     21266      C   /opt/conda/bin/python                       4735MiB |
++-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+```