10 Linux SSH Command for Monitor System Resources

Just open Terminal and type this:

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Real-Time Monitoring

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sudo apt-get install htop

htop

Time interval to monitor virtual memory statistics, including swap usage and system operations

vmstat 5

Time interval to observe CPU statistics and I/O transfer rates.

sudo apt-get install sysstat

iostat 5

use -m or -g for outputs in MB or GB, respectively, to review your system’s memory usage.

free -h

view network connections and routing tables, and add flags like -a or -t for more detailed information

netstat -a

use the -h flag for a human-readable format, to examine disk space usage for each mounted filesystem.

df -h

dd -h for human-readable output, to assess the space used by that directory and its sub-directories.

du -sh /path/to/directory

followed by a time interval (e.g., mpstat 5) to analyze CPU usage for each processor.

mpstat -P ALL 5

Interactive monitor that displays CPU, memory, network, and disk usage

nmon