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Newbie Linux Server Administration Guide

Started by Kevin, November 26, 2008, 10:28:25 AM

Kevin

Hi,

Let us start a thread to describe some commonly used Linux commands to manage the server. Probably this will help to the newbie who have less knowledge.

[1] To check the running processes:
top
Description: This command will display the current running processes on the server. This will help to monitor the current running processes. For more options of this command go through the manual of this command.

man top
[2] To list the files and folders:
ls
Description:
This is command will list the files and folders which are in current directory. For more options of this command go through the manual of this command.

man ls
[3] To check running process by particular user:
ps
Description:
By adding some parameters to this command you can grep the processes owned by particular user:

ps auxf | grep username
Regards,

Kevin

w3school

Hello Kevin,

Thank you for sharing Linux commands. Of course this will help for beginners.

W3School