2 29 2024 Lab Journal System Administration Tools - Jsheepy101/SYS-140 GitHub Wiki
Tools and their functions
Command: psinfo
- psinfo aka process info, allows you to see the information of a current running process
Command: DU
- DU aka Disk Usage allows you to see the current amount of space being taken up by files and items inside of a directory.
- -V option allows you to see every single file and its lone disk usage
Command: Hex2Dec
- Converts hexadecimal to decimal, also works the other way around
Command: pskill
- pskill aka Process Kill is essentially a stronger version of task manager. Type pskill (PID) and then the process will immediately stop.
- the -T option also kills any processes created by that process. So if calculator opens up another tab, that tab will also be killed
Command: Bginfo *Bginfo aka Background Info shows all of the background info of your computer. This includes things such as IPs and the Default Gateway.
- The switch /TIMER allows you to extend the automatic 10 second closing window.