Killing a running task in Windows 7.
Killing a running task UNIX style in Windows 7 is very easy indeed, the tasklist command makes this just as easy as it is in UNIX/Linux.Just type tasklist in the command prompt and it will display a...
View ArticleUseful BASH shell tips for Ubuntu and Debian alike.
The BASH shell has many useful features that allow you to perform your tasks very easily. If you are running a program in a terminal and you wish to run another command whilst the first command is...
View ArticleManaging processes with the UNIX command line.
The Linux command-line has many powerful tools for viewing and managing running processes on your UNIX/Linux machine. The lsof command is a very useful command, it will display a list of all open files...
View ArticleSome very useful Linux command-line tips and tricks for the desktop user.
Using the install-mbr command to install a main boot record (MBR) onto a disk. [flynn@flynn-grid-runner media]$ sudo install-mbr --force --partition 1 /dev/sdi [sudo] password for flynn:...
View ArticleMisc UNIX and Linux tricks for the desktop user and administrator.
Uptime. this is a useful command for finding out how long a Linux system has been running for. it also displays the load average over 1.5 and 15 minute intervals. deep-thought ~ # uptime 21:45:32 up 32...
View ArticleGet the command line of a process without the ps command.
To get the command line of a process without the ps command, and the PID of the command is known, use this command. This example is using a process with a PID of 3380. jason@darknet:~$ cat...
View ArticleGet information about a Linux process very easily and quickly.
To get information about a Linux process, use this simple trick, this is to get the processes associated with the current standard input. I.e a terminal. jason@Yog-Sothoth:~/Documents$ ps -T PID SPID...
View ArticleSearch all processes for certain matches using wildcards.
The ps command lists all running processes on your Linux machine, this is how to fine-tune this and search for certain processes using wildcards. Use this example command line to find all Apache HTTP...
View ArticlePrint only certain columns of output from the ps command on Linux.
The ps command on Linux is very useful for listing running processes. It is possible to list only certain running processes. And also certain columns of text from the output. This could be very useful...
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