Discover beginner-friendly Linux command-line tools that can boost your productivity, simplify tasks, and make your terminal ...

I am trying to devise the best way to measure the time an application spends executing in both user and system space on Linux (x86). I don't necessarily have to have user and system time measured ...

Beneath the surface of the well-known Linux commands lies a treasure trove of lesser-known utilities that can make your life easier, enhance your productivity, and even impress your fellow Linux ...

Under Linux, CPU usage is reported as a series of three decimals like the following result of the ‘uptime’ command: The first decimal represents the average CPU load over the past minute.

The vmstat command also tells you about a lot more than memory. Though you can see the swap and free memory numbers below, we also see some stats related to disk activity and CPU usage. linux$ vmstat ...

To help troubleshoot your Linux datacenter servers, you need the right tools. Jack Wallen introduces you to one such tool, iostat.