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diff --git a/help/C/commandline.page b/help/C/commandline.page new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b3960fa --- /dev/null +++ b/help/C/commandline.page @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" + type="topic" style="task" + id="commandline"> + <info> + <revision version="0.2" pkgversion="3.11" date="2014-01-26" status="review"/> + <link type="guide" xref="index#other" group="other" /> + + <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/> + + <credit type="author copyright"> + <name>Phil Bull</name> + <email>philbull@gmail.com</email> + <years>2011</years> + </credit> + <credit type="author copyright"> + <name>Michael Hill</name> + <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email> + <years>2014</years> + </credit> + + <desc>Information in System Monitor can also be found using command line + tools.</desc> + </info> + + <title>Get the same information from the command line</title> + + <comment> + <cite date="2011-06-18" href="mailto:philbull@gmail.com">Phil Bull</cite> + <p>Briefly list a few useful command line tools which can provide some of + the same information as System Monitor. Don't go into too much detail.</p> + </comment> + + <p>Most of the information displayed by System Monitor can also be obtained + using these command line tools.</p> + +<table rules="rows" frame="top bottom"> + + <tr> + <td><p><cmd>top</cmd></p></td> + <td><p>provides a continually updated list of running processes, and + allows you to manipulate them.</p></td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td><p><cmd>lsof</cmd></p></td> + <td><p>provides a list of open files and the processes that opened + them.</p></td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td><p><cmd>free -m</cmd></p></td> + <td><p>shows you how much memory is available.</p></td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td><p><cmd>vmstat</cmd></p></td> + <td><p>provides information about current virtual memory use.</p></td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td><p><cmd>df -h</cmd></p></td> + <td><p>displays available disk space on mounted filesystems.</p></td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td><p><cmd>pmap</cmd></p></td> + <td><p>displays the memory map of a process.</p></td> + </tr> + +</table> + +</page> |