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title: Linux commands used in the collect-support-data tool
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# Linux commands used in the collect-support-data tool

| Data Collector | Description                                                                                                                                                       |
| -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `tail`         | Displays the last few lines of a file. Tails the `/var/logs/messages` directory.                                                                                  |
| `uname`        | Prints system, machine, and operating system information.                                                                                                         |
| `ps`           | Prints a snapshot of the current active processes.                                                                                                                |
| `df`           | Prints the amount of available disk space for file systems in 1024-byte units.                                                                                    |
| `cat`          | Concatenates the following files and prints to standard output:- `/proc/cpuinfo`

- `/proc/meminfo`

- `/etc/hosts`

- `/etc/nsswitch.conf`

- `/etc/resolv.conf` |
| `netstat`      | Prints the state of network interfaces, protocols, and the kernel routing table.                                                                                  |
| `ifconfig`     | Prints information on all interfaces.                                                                                                                             |
| `uptime`       | Prints the time the server has been up and active.                                                                                                                |
| `dmesg`        | Prints the message buffer of the kernel.                                                                                                                          |
| `vmstat`       | Prints information about virtual memory statistics.                                                                                                               |
| `iostat`       | Prints disk I/O and CPU utilization information.                                                                                                                  |
| `mpstat`       | Prints performance statistics for all logical processors.                                                                                                         |
| `pstack`       | Prints an execution stack trace on an active processed specified by the pid.                                                                                      |
| `top`          | Prints a list of active processes and how much CPU and memory each process is using.                                                                              |