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Old 07-15-2003, 02:52 AM   #1
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ps command

Hi !

I issue the command ps aux | wc -l and the out out is 71.

what does it mean ?

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Old 07-15-2003, 03:28 AM   #2
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it means there's 71 lines in the output of ps aux
 
Old 07-15-2003, 03:30 AM   #3
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I want to see which ports the server is listening on.
how can I do that
 
Old 07-15-2003, 03:50 AM   #4
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netstat is probably the command you are looking for. ps is to find what processes are running. wc is to find the word count -l is to count the number of lines.



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