More bash Shell Commands
Richard A. Blum, Christine Bresnahan · 2015
This chapter focuses on the Linux system management commands, showing how to peek inside a Linux system using command line commands. One of the toughest jobs of being a Linux system administrator is keeping track of what's running on the system. The chapter covers a few of the basic tools that are needed to know how to use to manage programs on the Linux system. The GNU ps command that's used in Linux systems supports three different types of command line parameters: Unix-style parameters, BSD-style parameters and GNU long parameters. The chapter describes the core commands likely run into during the system administration duties. The chapter also covers the basic commands that every system administrator as well as any everyday Linux user should know how to use to make their lives easier. The sort utility easily sorts large data files to help you organize data.