public/Get-ResourceHogs.ps1
function Get-ResourceHogs { <# .SYNOPSIS Show Windows processes using the most resources .DESCRIPTION Show Windows processes using the most resources by selected properties/metrics .PARAMETER Metric The process property to sort by. Default is CPU .PARAMETER Top Limit the output to the first [Top] items, sorted in descending order (most to least) .PARAMETER ShowPath Include process Path property in output. .EXAMPLE Get-ResourceHog .EXAMPLE Get-ResourceHog -Metric WorkingSet .EXAMPLE Get-ResourceHog -Metric HandleCount -Top 5 ShowPath .LINK https://github.com/Skatterbrainz/helium/blob/master/docs/Get-ResourceHogs.md #> param ( [parameter()] [string] [ValidateSet('CPU','WorkingSet','MaxWorkingSet','HandleCount','VirtualMemorySize','PagedMemorySize64','PagedSystemMemorySize','PeakVirtualMemorySize')] $Metric = 'CPU', [parameter()][int][ValidateRange(0,100)]$Top = 10, [parameter()][switch]$ShowPath ) $outprops = @('ProcessName','Id',$Metric) if ($ShowPath) { $outprops += 'Path' } $outparams = @{ First = $Top; Property = $outprops } Get-Process | Group-Object ProcessName | ForEach-Object { $_.Group | Sort-Object $Metric -Descending | Select-Object -First 1 } | Sort-Object $Metric -Descending | Select-Object @outparams } |