The 'top' command is a powerful utility in Linux that provides real-time information about the system's processes, resource usage, and other system metrics. When you run the 'top' command, you'll see a dynamic, updating display that shows a list of processes sorted by various criteria, such as CPU usage, memory usage, and more.

To use 'top' to identify processes consuming the most resources, follow these steps:

1. Open a terminal window on your Linux server.
2. Type 'top' and press Enter.
3. The 'top' command will display a summary of system information at the top, including the system load average, CPU usage, memory usage, and more. Below that, you'll see a list of processes.
4. By default, the processes are sorted by CPU usage in descending order, with the most CPU-intensive process at the top.
5. You can observe the '%CPU' column to identify processes that are using a significant amount of CPU resources.
6. Similarly, you can look at the '%MEM' column to identify processes that are using a large amount of memory.
7. The 'top' command also provides other columns like 'RES' (resident memory size), 'VIRT' (virtual memory size), and 'TIME+' (CPU time used by the process) that can help you analyze resource consumption.

To sort the processes based on different criteria, you can use the following keys while the 'top' command is running:

- Press 'Shift+P' to sort processes by CPU usage.
- Press 'Shift+M' to sort processes by memory usage.
- Press 'Shift+N' to sort processes by process ID (PID).
- Press 'Shift+T' to sort processes by running time.

You can also interact with 'top' while it's running. For example, you can press 'k' to send a signal to a selected process and terminate it, or 'r' to renice (change the priority) of a process.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any further questions.
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