Getting `top` running as a screensaver

[yizrahomme]

Hi,
This probably exists somewhere, but for obvious reasons, the word 'top' seems to skew the results in search engines.

Does there exist the possibility of having a screensaver which displays the output of 'top' (or a similar command)?

Thanks.

[zombifier25]

Open the file .xscreensaver (a hidden file in your home folder), scroll down the bottom of the screensaver list (lines that ends with \n\) then add this entry:

xterm -fullscreen top \n\
Then open xscreensaver's config and enable the screensaver "xterm".

This also works with any command.