Why Is the Server So Slow?

Running Out of CPU, RAM, and Disk I/O

Why Won’t the System Boot? Solving Boot Problems
Why Can’t I Write to the Disk? Solving Full or Corrupt Disk Issues
Is the Server Down? Tracking Down the Source of Network Problems
Why Won’t the Hostnames Resolve? Solving DNS Server Issues
Why Didn’t My Email Go Through? Tracing Email Problems
Is the Website Down? Tracking Down Web Server Problems
■ Why Is the Database Slow? Tracking Down Database Problem
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change working directory
present working directory
remove dir
create and update the timestamp
locate
find

change file access permissions

change file owner and group
change file group

copy file and directories

file type
word count
links

vi

disply line of text

concatenate

first lines
last lines

: It is a filter for paging through text one screenful at a time

sorting
translate

sed editor

serach specific string

: It is a filter for paging through text one screenful at a time

date

disk space usage

file space usage

hostname

service network restart

domain name
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stop process
kill process
info
help

Process

zip
unzip
archive

amount of free and used RAM