{"id":2150,"date":"2020-12-17T13:51:19","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T11:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.virtono.com\/community\/?p=2150"},"modified":"2020-12-10T11:19:50","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T09:19:50","slug":"get-kernel-statistics-and-hardware-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virtono.com\/community\/knowledgebase\/get-kernel-statistics-and-hardware-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Get kernel statistics and hardware information"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When administering Linux systems, quick information about the installed kernel and the existing hardware is often helpful. The \/ proc filesystem provides extensive information on the console.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Solution:<\/strong> Linux systems reveal a lot about themselves, you just have to know where to look. The \/ proc file system, for example, allows very detailed information about hardware devices and the kernel on the command line . With cat \/ proc \/ cpuinfo<\/em> the system lists what it knows about the processor or processors , such as the CPU name, clock frequency or processor stepping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\/ proc: Linux reveals a lot of information about the hardware.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Other frequently used calls are cat \/ proc \/ mounts<\/em> , cat \/ proc \/ partitions \/, cat \/ proc \/ meminfo,<\/em> and cat \/ proc \/ zoneinfo<\/em> . Just change to the \/ proc directory<\/em> and browse around in it a bit. You will be amazed how informative Linux can be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even if \/ proc is a pseudo filesystem, there is still a man page with a lot of information about it: man proc<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When administering Linux systems, quick information about the installed kernel and the existing hardware is often helpful. The \/ proc filesystem provides extensive information on the console. Solution: Linux systems reveal a lot about themselves, you just have to know where to look. The \/ proc file system, for example, allows very detailed information<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-knowledgebase"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.virtono.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Top-command1-1024x550-1.png?fit=1024%2C550&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7ISfL-yG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1265,"url":"https:\/\/www.virtono.com\/community\/internet-and-technology-news\/kernel-hackers-want-to-use-yaml-for-hardware-description\/","url_meta":{"origin":2150,"position":0},"title":"Kernel hackers want to use Yaml for hardware description","author":"Daniel Draga","date":"November 10, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Device Tree Sources (DTS) are used in the\u00a0Linux kernel\u00a0for describing hardware and should in future be defined in the Yaml format.\u00a0That brings some benefits, say kernel developers. 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