Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Useful Commands with examples

lsof:-

To find the PID of the port that is listening.

Eg:lsof –I | grep

If lsof is not installed then the “SMClsof” package has to be installed for the lsof command to work.

Pkgtrans:-

To transform a package from one form to another.(i.e. to a installable format)

Eg: pkgtrans –o

-o option Overwrites the same instance on the destination device. The package instance is overwritten if it already exists.

Packaage info on AIX:-

lslpp –l / lslpp –L to see the packages installed on AIX.

Eg: lslpp -L | grep -i rsc


Swap Memory on AIX:-

to see the page space on AIX,use lsps command

Eg: lsps –a

-a option Specifies that the characteristics of all paging spaces are to be given. The size is given in megabytes.

To clear a File:-

To clear the content of a file not a file, the below command can be used.

:> Filename

Eg: # more empty
I am not a empty file
# :> empty
# more empty
#

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