Conclusion


Virtually every command you've looked at in this chapter has GUIs. But if your system is non-responsive, if you're connecting to a machine via SSH (covered in Chapter 15) and can't use a GUI, or if you just want to use the speediest tool, you'll need to use the command line. The commands in this chapter are easy to remember, thanks to well-chosen names:

  • ps (view running processes)

  • kill (kill processes)

  • top (top listing of running processes)

  • lsof (list [ls] open files)

  • free (free, or available, memory)

  • df (disk free space)

  • du (disk usage)

Practice with them on your computer, and don't forget to read the man pages for each one because this chapter could only cover a fraction of their capabilities. There are many options to several of themin particular, ps, top, and lsofthat allow you to do some truly amazing detective work on the computers under your watch.



Linux Phrasebook
Linux Phrasebook
ISBN: 0672328380
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2007
Pages: 288

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