Linux offers a lot of commands to help users gather information about their host operating system: listing files or directories to check attributes; querying to see what packages are installed, processes are running, and services start at boot; or learning about the system’s hardware.
Each command uses its own output format to list this information. You need to use tools like grep
, sed
, and awk
to filter the results to find specific information. Also, a lot of this information changes frequently, leading to changes in the system’s state.
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