System information

Red Book for AIX Rel. 7.0 and 8.0
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AIX System Commands
The following tables describe common commands that the system administrator can use at the
AIX operating system, UniVerse database, and Eclipse application levels.
AIX Command Prompts
The following table describes how to display the common prompts for the AIX operating system,
UniVerse database, and Eclipse application.
Symbol Prompt
$ or # AIX command prompt.
To display this prompt, do one of the following:
• Log in to AIX as root.
• From the System menu in Eclipse, select TCL to display the ; prompt. Then
enter sh to shell from Eclipse to AIX.
> UniVerse command prompt.
To display this prompt, at the AIX command prompt (#), enter su - uv to go to UniVerse.
Then press Esc to display the > prompt.
; Eclipse TCL prompt.
To display this prompt, from the System menu in Eclipse, select TCL.
AIX Process Management Commands
The following table describes common AIX process management commands.
Command Description and Example
ps –ef|grep string
Displays any processes containing the designated string.
Example:
root:/# ps -ef|grep jjames
root 31442 21234 0 10:29:27 pts/32 0:00 grep jjames
jjames 36954 20938 0 09:31:08 pts/28 0:00 uv
ps –ef|pg
Displays all processes running on the system.
Example:
root:/# ps -ef|pg
UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD
root 1 0 Jan 06 - 3:17 /etc/init
root 2358 1 0 Jan 06 - 0:00 /usr/ccs/bin/shlap
root 2624 3408 0 Jan 06 - 0:04 /usr/sbin/inetd
root 2938 1 0 Jan 06 - 285:25 /usr/sbin/syncd 20
root 3408 1 0 Jan 06 - 0:00 /usr/sbin/srcmstr
root 4436 1 0 Jan 06 - 0:00 /usr/lib/errdemon
root 4730 4906 0 Jan 06 - 2:54 /u2/vsifax3/lbin/vnetcmd
root 4906 1 0 Jan 06 - 0:43 /u2/vsifax3/lbin/vrsched