System Monitoring Commands

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Hello everyone 🥳

This weeks article on Linux will be allll about commands you can use for system monitoring!

Check it out below!

1. uptime

Use uptime to tell you how long the system has been up.

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2. free

You can use free to check the available memory.

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3. ps

ps displays the processes.

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4. tcpdump

tcpdump is used to analyze network traffic.

5. w

w gives you information about users logged on and their processes.

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6. htop

'htop' allows you to monitor system resources or processes. It is a lot like top, it just has more details and is more fancier.

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7. iostat

iostat is a command that is used to monitor input/output devices, by telling you how long the devices have been active.

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8. lsof

lsof, stands for list of open files. It basically shows you list of files and the processes.

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9. pidstat

pidstat is used to monitor individual tasks, it's great for troubleshooting issues.

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10. top

You can also use the 'top' command to display active processes see how much they are using system resources.

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That's it for today 🥳

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