Uname command with examples

The uname command is used to print information about the host system. uname is derived from "unix" and "name".

November 2, 2019

sort command in Linux

The sort command is for sorting lines in text files. There are options to define keys, reverse sort order, numeric sort and to merge files.

September 29, 2018

htop is a ncurses based program for viewing processes in a Linux system. htop gives information about processor, memory and swap usage.

September 29, 2018

logrotate is for rotation of log files daily, weekly, monthly, or when a log file becomes bigger than the predefined limit.

September 27, 2018

The iostat command for getting the CPU and input-output statistics for Linux and Unix systems is explained.

September 25, 2018

vmstat prints information about system processes, memory, swap, I/O blocks, interrupts and context switches and the CPU activity.

September 25, 2018

The uptime and w commands in Linux help in finding about the system uptime, load average and information about the logged in users.

September 25, 2018

The free command can be used to find the free and used memory in a Linux system. The free command is explained with an example.

September 25, 2018

The top command is used for monitoring a UNIX-like system continuously for processes' usage of system resources like the CPU time and memory.

September 24, 2018

The ps command gives information about processes on a Linux or Unix system. ps command is explained with examples.

September 24, 2018