Linux Commands monitoring/debugging

•	tail -f /var/log/messages	Monitor Messages in a log file
•	strace -c ls >/dev/null	Summarise/profile system calls made by command
•	strace -f -e open ls >/dev/null	List system calls made by command
•	ltrace -f -e getenv ls >/dev/null	List library calls made by command
•	lsof -p $$	List paths that process id has open
•	lsof ~	List processes that have specified path open
•	tcpdump not port 22	Show network traffic except ssh.
•	ps -e -o pid,args --forest	List processes in a hierarchy
•	ps -e -o pcpu,cpu,nice,state,cputime,args --sort pcpu | sed '/^ 0.0 /d'	List processes by % cpu usage
•	ps -e -orss=,args= | sort -b -k1,1n | pr -TW$COLUMNS	List processes by mem usage.
•	ps -C firefox-bin -L -o pid,tid,pcpu,state	List all threads for a particular process
•	ps -p 1,2	List info for particular process IDs
•	last reboot	Show system reboot history
•	free -m	Show amount of (remaining) RAM (-m displays in MB)
•	watch -n.1 'cat /proc/interrupts'	Watch changeable data continuously

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