Most Useful Linux Commands

Sraban Pahadasingh    April 14, 2020 06:09 PM

  • uname command is simple tool which provides information about the kernel, machine, processor, and operating system

    uname -m

  • check ubuntu linux version

    lsb_release -a

  • show the amount of free disk space on each mounted disk

    df -h

  • displays the total amount of free space available along with the amount of memory used and swap memory in the system

    free --human

  • The grep filter searches a file for a particular pattern of characters, and displays all lines that contain that pattern

    grep -iRl "your-text-to-find" ./

  • displays network connections for Transmission Control Protocol

    netstat -tlnp

  • show all process even the current process is not associated with any TTY (terminal)

    ps ax | grep docker

  • Watching activity on Linux with watch and tail commands

    watch "dmesg | tail -20"





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