Section G.6. Managing System Resources

Table G-6 shows differences in querying Linux and Solaris systems for general information.

Table G-6. ^[*] System Information Tasks
Task	Solaris	Linux
List system information	`uname`	`uname`
List processor information	`psrinfo`	`cat /proc/cpuinfo`
List system memory size	`prtconf \| grep Memory`	`cat /proc/meminfo \| grep MemTotal`
List disk space usage	`df`	`df`
List file space usage	`du`	`du`
List physical disks	`format`	`fdisk -l`
Show the system's host name	`hostname`	`hostname`
List system's network configuration	`ifconfig`	`ifconfig`
List active processes	`prstat`	`ps -e`
List system configuration	`prtconf`	Red Hat: `lshal` SUSE: `hwinfo`
List system diagnostic information	`prtdiag`	Red Hat: `lspci` and `/proc/`^[*] `files` SUSE: `hwinfo`

^[*] Table A-8 of IBM Redbook