---
name: "hugetop"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "procps-ng"
version: "4.0.7-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/hugetop"
---

# hugetop(1)

report huge page information

## NAME

hugetop - report huge page information

## SYNOPSIS

**hugetop** \[*option* ...\]

## DESCRIPTION

The **hugetop** command reports the huge page information of system and processes. It displays a summary of the system huge page status. For each process that has at least one huge page, the number of private and shared pages, along with the process PID and command name are displayed.

## OPTIONS

- **-d**, **--delay**=*N*

  Refresh the display every *n* in seconds.  By default, **hugetop** refreshes the display every three seconds.  To exit the program, hit **q**. This cannot be combined with the **-o** option.

- **-n**, **--numa**

  Display per NUMA node huge page information.

- **-o**, **--once**

  Display the output once and then exit.

- **-H**, **--human**

  Display human-readable output.

- **-h**, **--help**

  Display help text and exit.

- **-V**, **--version**

  Display version information and exit.

## EXIT STATUS

- **0**

  Success.

- **Others**

  Errno.

## AUTHOR

zhenwei pi \<pizhenwei@bytedance.com\>

## SEE ALSO

[**pmap**(1)](/pmap/1.md)

## STANDARDS

No standards apply.

## REPORTING BUGS

Please send bug reports to ⟨procps@freelists.org⟩.