Gaining information about your Linux system using the Linux command line.

Gaining information about a Linux system is very easy, there are quite a few Linux commands that can print detailed specs of your hardware configuration. The lsblk command prints information about your block devices. This can be used to list all disk partitions and CD/DVD drives. ┌─[jason@neo]─[~] └──╼ $lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE … Read more

How to get information about your filesystems with the Linux command line.

The Linux command line allows a user to get good information about filesystems using the shell prompt. Here are some examples. Print a list of all filesystems and their sizes in megabytes. ubuntu ~ $ df -Hla -BMB Filesystem 1MB-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on sysfs 0MB 0MB 0MB – /sys proc 0MB 0MB 0MB … Read more