What this snippet does
Sorting by memory descending puts the biggest consumers at the top immediately.
Expected output
USER PID %CPU %MEM COMMAND postgres 812 0.4 8.1 postgres
Why practise typing this
Typing processes code builds muscle memory for the symbols and indentation Linux uses most, which prose-based typing tests never cover. DevType measures your words per minute and accuracy on this snippet and tracks the individual characters you mistype, so later lessons can target them.
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