May 2017
Beginner
552 pages
28h 47m
English
Content preview from Linux Shell Scripting Cookbook - Third Edition
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Gathering system information
Describing a computer system requires many sets of data. This data includes network information, the hostname, kernel version, Linux distribution name, CPU description, memory allocation, disk partitions, and more. This information can be retrieved from the command line.