uptime and w commands in Linux

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

Finding the free and used memory with the free command

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

Load average is an indication of whether the CPU(s) is/are adequately available for the processes during the previous n minutes.

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

Anacron runs jobs periodically, that is, once a day, week or a month. Anacron works even if the computer is switched off for some time.

September 23, 2018

cron is a daemon that executes programs for users at predefined times. cron works on the basis of crontab, which is a text file.

September 22, 2018