Useful tools in Linux operating system
Performance tools
- vmstat
- iostat
- ifstat
- netstat
- nfsstat
- mpstat
- nstat
- dstat
- sar
- iftop
- pidstat
- xosview
Benchmark tools
- fio
- iozone
- iperf
- netperf
- vdbench
- sysbench
- pgbench
- YCSB
- SPEC SFS 2014/SPECstorage Solution 2020
- VMmark
Debugging tools
- htop
- lslk
- lsof
- top
Process tracing
- ltrace
- strace
- pstack/gstack
- ftrace
- systemtap
- ps
- pmap
- blktrace
- ebpf
Binary debugging
- ldd
- file
- nm
- objdump
- readelf
Memory usage tools
- free
- memusage
- memusagestat
- slabtop
Accounting tools
- dump-acct
- dump-utmp
- sa
Hardware debugging tools
- dmidecode
- ifinfo
- lsdev
- lshal
- lshw
- lsmod
- lspci
- lsusb
- smartctl
- x86info
- /opt/QLogic_Corporation/QConvergeConsoleCLI/qaucli
Application debugging
- mailstats
- qshape
Xorg related tools
- xdpyinfo
- xrestop
Others
- collectl
- proc
- procinfo