Is your [whatever] spin-locking a lot? Do you frequently open `top` just to terminate the process using all of the CPU? Behold, the magic of home automation.`pip install envoy`, then put this script in your path and `chmod +x` it.Note that this was a quick hacky thing built for the default top in Ubuntu. The man page says the columns should be c…

with-fire-osx.py

#! /usr/bin/env python
import envoy

def main():
    r = envoy.run('top -l 2 -n 1 -o cpu -stats pid,command,cpu')
    top_app = r.std_out.split('\n')[25].split()
    pid = top_app[0]
    process_name = ' '.join(top_app[1:-1]).strip() # Process names can can contain spaces
    cpu = float(top_app[-1])
    if cpu > 90:
        envoy.run('kill -9 %s' % pid)
        print('Killed ' + process_name)
    else:
        print("Didn't kill anything (" + process_name + " at " + str(cpu) + ")")

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

with-fire-ubuntu.py

#! /usr/bin/env python
import envoy

def main():
    r = envoy.run('top -b -n 1')
    top_app = r.std_out.split('\n')[7].split()
    pid = top_app[0]
    cpu = int(top_app[8])
    if cpu > 90:
        envoy.run('kill -9 %s' % pid)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()