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authorMark Hymers <markh@linuxfromscratch.org>2001-09-22 16:09:47 +0000
committerMark Hymers <markh@linuxfromscratch.org>2001-09-22 16:09:47 +0000
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[Bug 190] Put descs in alphabetical order
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@@ -9,86 +9,52 @@ sysctl, tload, top, uptime, vmstat, w and watch programs.</para>
<sect2><title>Description</title>
<sect3><title>free</title>
-
<para>free displays the total amount of free and used physical and swap memory
in the system, as well as the shared memory and buffers used by the
-kernel.</para>
-
-</sect3>
+kernel.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>kill</title>
-
-<para>kills sends signals to processes.</para>
-
-</sect3>
+<para>kills sends signals to processes.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>oldps and ps</title>
-
-<para>ps gives a snapshot of the current processes.</para>
-
-</sect3>
+<para>ps gives a snapshot of the current processes.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>skill</title>
-
-<para>skill sends signals to process matching a criteria.</para>
-
-</sect3>
+<para>skill sends signals to process matching a criteria.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>snice</title>
-
<para>snice changes the scheduling priority for process matching a
-criteria.</para>
-
-</sect3>
+criteria.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>sysctl</title>
-
-<para>sysctl modifies kernel parameters at runtime.</para>
-
-</sect3>
+<para>sysctl modifies kernel parameters at runtime.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>tload</title>
-
<para>tload prints a graph of the current system load average to the
-specified tty (or the tty of the tload process if none is specified).</para>
-
-</sect3>
+specified tty (or the tty of the tload process if
+none is specified).</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>top</title>
-
-<para>top provides an ongoing look at processor activity in real time.</para>
-
-</sect3>
+<para>top provides an ongoing look at processor activity
+in real time.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>uptime</title>
-
<para>uptime gives a one line display of the following information: the current
time, how long the system has been running, how many users are currently
logged on, and the system load averages for the past 1, 5, and 15
-minutes.</para>
-
-</sect3>
+minutes.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>vmstat</title>
-
<para>vmstat reports information about processes, memory, paging, block IO,
-traps, and cpu activity.</para>
-
-</sect3>
+traps, and cpu activity.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>w</title>
-
<para>w displays information about the users currently on the machine, and
-their processes.</para>
-
-</sect3>
+their processes.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>watch</title>
-
<para>watch runs command repeatedly, displaying its output (the first
-screen full).</para>
-
-</sect3>
+screen full).</para></sect3>
</sect2>