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System Monitoring Commands πŸ“ˆπŸ’»

Hey everyone! I am back with another Linux article!😊

Today I will be going over basic commands you can use to monitor system performance! πŸ“ˆπŸ“‰πŸ’»

1. top πŸ’»

The 'top' command is used to display active processes and how much they are using system resources.

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2. lsof πŸ’»

lsof stands for list of open files- basically shows you list of files and the processes

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3. tcpdump πŸ’»

'tcpdump' is used to analyze network traffic

4. htop πŸ’»

'htop' is a lot like top - It's just allows you to monitor system resources or processes. As you can see, it's a bit more fancy than top

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5. iostat πŸ’»

'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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6. ps πŸ’»

Displays the processes

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7. uptime πŸ’»

Tells you how long the system has been up

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8. free πŸ’»

'free' shows you the amount of available memory you have.

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9. pidstat πŸ’»

Used to monitor individual tasks. Great for troubleshooting issues.

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10. w πŸ’»

'w' tells you information about users logged on and their processes

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That's it! Thank you for reading today's articleπŸ₯³

These commands can be vital for you to monitor your system, so I will be releasing a part 2 soon, as well!πŸ˜†

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Thank you again!😊

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