Hi again, I've done some digging and this is a known/fixed bug in procps version 3.3.10.
This is not backported to the latest 14.04.x in Ubuntu, and I believe it to be a severe enough bug to warrant such efforts. FYI: http://www.freelists.org/post/procps/top-Escape-doesnt-abort-kill- command,1 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1664535 Title: critical bug in top command package procps To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/procps/+bug/1664535/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
