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free
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Reports the amount of free and used memory (both physical
and swap memory) in the system
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kill
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Sends signals to processes
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pgrep
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Looks up processes based on their name and other
attributes
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pkill
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Signals processes based on their name and other
attributes
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pmap
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Reports the memory map of the given process
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ps
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Lists the current running processes
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skill
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Sends signals to processes matching the given criteria
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snice
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Changes the scheduling priority of processes matching the
given criteria
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sysctl
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Modifies kernel parameters at run time
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tload
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Prints a graph of the current system load average
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top
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Displays a list of the most CPU intensive processes; it
provides an ongoing look at processor activity in real
time
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uptime
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Reports how long the system has been running, how many
users are logged on, and the system load averages
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vmstat
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Reports virtual memory statistics, giving information
about processes, memory, paging, block Input/Output (IO),
traps, and CPU activity
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w
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Shows which users are currently logged on, where, and
since when
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watch
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Runs a given command repeatedly, displaying the first
screen-full of its output; this allows a user to watch
the output change over time
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libproc
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Contains the functions used by most programs in this
package
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