CHAPTER 35Colorful /proc Reporting
The proc file system is found on many UNIX and Linux variants and gives a virtual view into the running system. Traditionally the proc file system is attached to the /proc mount point, but proc is not really a file system and mostly contains "files" of zero size. Even though these objects look as if they are empty when they are listed, they actually contain quite a lot of information about the running system. When viewed, they show system information from the kernel's perspective: their contents are based on system resources and characteristics, such as memory, CPU, kernel, and network utilization.
There are several kinds of files in the /proc directory tree on a Linux machine. The first type is a series of ...
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