Server is getting hung with many small commands e.g. echo, ls showing 99% CPU utilization

Issue

• Server is frequently getting hung with many small commands e.g. echo, ls showing 99% CPU utilization

  USER        PID   PPID %CPU %MEM    VSZ   RSS TTY      STAT START   TIME COMMAND
  abc   6797   6736 99.8  0.0   9104   388 pts/474  R+   13:52   4:40 sh -c test -e obj/1.gif
  root       7103   7097 99.7  0.0   9100   380 ?        R    13:53   3:55 /bin/sh -c AUTO_JOB_PID=7103
  root       8013   9405 99.7  0.0  12532  1000 ?        Rs   13:53   3:10 in.telnetd: 192.168.0.2
  root       8159   8104 99.6  0.0   9100   380 ?        R    13:54   2:54 /bin/sh -c AUTO_JOB_PID=8
  xyz     8255   8247 99.9  0.0   9104   388 ?        R    13:54   2:35 sh -c echo -n  >TEMP/xyz.txt
  abc  10213  10203 97.8  0.0   9104   384 pts/794  R+   13:56   0:35 sh -c touch file123
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