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Linux Professional Institute 101 Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

Notes for CompTIA Linux exam

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

Monitor Active Processes (bg/fg)

bg
sends active process to background
bg %command
sends named process to background
bg %2
sends numbered process to background
command &
sends named process to background
Ctrl+z
Suspends active process
fg %command
sends named process to foreground
fg %2
sends numbered process to foreground

Monitor Active Processes (job)

job
an alternate way of listing your own processes
-l
returns names of jobs and their PIDs
-r
returns list of currently running jobs
-s
returns list of stopped jobs
 

Monitor Active Processes (ps)

ps
returns PIDs of processes running under your account
a or -a
lists all processes running on a terminal
e
returns details of shell enviro­nment
f
returns output as a tree structure
l or -l
returns more detailed listing of processes
u
returns username and start time form processes
x
lists processes without associated terminal

Monitor Active Processes (kill)

Ctrl+c
Kills foreground process instantly
-1 or SIGHUP
stops and restarts process
-9 or SIGKILL
kills processes that refuse to terminate
-15 or SIGTERM
kills process but allows it to exit
-18 or SIGCONT
used to continue a suspended process
-19 or SIGSTOP
used to suspend a process
-20 or SIGTSTP
as -19, has same result as Ctrl+z
 

Monitor Active Processes (top)

top
up-to-date details about system resources used by processes
-d
specifies time between refreshes
-i
prevents sleepi­ng/­ina­ctive processes
-n
refreshes output number of times specified
-p
monitors process you specify
-s
runs in secure mode, intera­ctive commands disabled

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