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What commands can be used to check resource consumption in Linux?

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In Linux, the following commands can be used to check resource consumption:

  • top — interactive view of processes and their CPU, memory load.
  • htop — an improved version of top with a user-friendly interface.
  • ps aux — displays a list of processes with resource usage information.
  • free -m — shows memory usage.
  • vmstat — statistics on memory, processes, input/output.
  • iostat — statistics on disk operations.
  • sar — collects and displays system statistics.
  • du -sh <path> — size of disk space used by a directory or file.
  • df -h — information on free and used disk space.

Example of using top:

top

Example of memory output:

free -m

These tools allow monitoring CPU load, memory usage, disk, and other system resources.