Try running every command u learn using 'strace' eg 'strace ls' - that would show you the system calls that a command makes and would give you more insights into the working of system/kernel. it would be helpful if you u wish to take system programming.similarly 'ltrace <ur command>' would show you library calls a program makes,
Regards, Niraj On Sun, 11 May 2008 Mayank Rungta wrote : >I can suggest few commands : > >uname -a gives the kernel details > >cat /etc/issue details of the but this varies with distros so.... > >cat /proc/cpuinfo cpu details >cat /proc/meminfo memory details > >top also gives details about swap space, ram, and the current >utilization per process > >hope this helps, >Mynk > >Kazi wrote: > > > > hello all, > > i am new to Linux (Ubuntu) and would like to explore this operating > > system. > > i would like to run a shell command or a set of commands to know the > > system name, number of CPUs, CPU clock frequency, RAM size, number of > > disks. > > > > Can you tell me the commands. > > > > Regards > > > >
