BASIC LINUX SYSTEM COMMANDS

SOME BASIC LINUX SYSTEM COMMANDS

DISPLAY LINUX SYSTEM INFORMATION

[root@web-server ~]# uname -a
Linux web-server.novalocal 3.10.0-229.4.2.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Apr 24 15:26:38 EDT 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

DISPLAY KERNEL RELEASE INFORMATION

[root@web-server ~]# uname -r
3.10.0-229.4.2.el7.x86_64

SHOWS HOW LONG SYSTEM HAS BEEN RUNNING PLUS SYSTEM LOAD

[root@web-server ~]# uptime
09:36:13 up 17 days, 15:25,  1 user,  load average: 0.05, 0.09, 0.14

SHOWS SYSTEM HOSTNAME

[root@web-server ~]# hostname
web-server.novalocal

DISPLAY IP ADDRESS OF HOST

[root@web-server ~]# hostname -i
fe80::f816:3eff:fee7:bf9b%eth0 172.25.1.104

SHOWS SYSTEM REBOOT HISTORY

[root@web-server ~]# last reboot
reboot   system boot  3.10.0-229.4.2.e Wed May 20 18:11 - 09:35 (17+15:24) 
reboot   system boot  3.10.0-123.9.3.e Wed May 20 13:00 - 18:10  (05:10)   
reboot   system boot  3.10.0-123.9.3.e Tue Feb 24 17:59 - 18:10 (85+00:11) 
reboot   system boot  3.10.0-123.9.3.e Wed Nov 19 11:09 - 18:10 (182+07:01)
reboot   system boot  3.10.0-123.9.3.e Sun Nov 16 14:36 - 11:09 (2+20:32) 
reboot   system boot  3.10.0-123.9.3.e Fri Nov 14 14:54 - 11:09 (4+20:15) 
reboot   system boot  3.10.0-123.8.1.e Fri Nov 14 12:45 - 14:53  (02:08)    

SHOWS CURRENT DATE AND TIME

[root@web-server ~]# date
Sun Jun  7 09:37:40 IST 2015

SHOWS CURRENT DATE AND TIME IN UTC

[root@web-server ~]# date --utc
Sun Jun  7 04:07:56 UTC 2015

SHOWS CALENDAR OF THE MONTH

[root@web-server ~]# cal
      June 2015   
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
    1  2  3  4  5  6
 7  8  9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30

DISPLAY WHO IS LOGGED IN

[root@web-server ~]# w
 09:38:56 up 17 days, 15:27,  1 user,  load average: 0.08, 0.12, 0.14
USER     TTY      FROM             LOGIN@   IDLE   JCPU   PCPU WHAT
cloud-us pts/0    x.x.x.x  09:35    0.00s  0.10s  0.14s sshd: cloud-user [priv]

DISPLAY WHO YOU ARE LOGGED IN AS

[root@web-server ~]# whoami
root

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