10 Linux Commands to Monitor Your System’s Health

Top Command

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HTOP - Interactive Process Viewer

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Free - Memory Usage Overview

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Nethogs - Network Usage by Process

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MyTOP - MySQL Database Monitor

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IOStat - Disk I/O Monitoring

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SAR - System Activity Report

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LSOF - List Open Files

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VMSTAT - Virtual Memory Statistics

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10. ATOP - Advanced Monitoring Tool

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