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UNIX commands

What is it?​

This page provides quick-reference UNIX commands useful for managing and troubleshooting RSJ on Episys servers, along with links to tutorials for learning the UNIX tools commonly used in Episys environments.

  • Use these commands when diagnosing system performance issues on the Episys server.
  • Use these commands when finding and managing RSJ job files and processes.

UNIX commands​

diff -r dir dir2​

Compare two directories for differences.

grep -i matchdate *​

Find all files that have match date specifications.

/ops/bin/find_prompts sym# jobfile​

Find all prompts in a job.

id some_user_name​

Find the user ID and group ID of a user.

topas​

Displays what is happening on the machine at a system level.

Run this command through a Microsoft telnet session or the freeware program PuTTY (not the Episys terminal).

If the time spent in wait states is more than 5%, or if hard disk usage is more than 40% on any disk, there will be a significant response time delay for all users. This may indicate that the workflow processing needs to be reconsidered.

If a repgen program is using more than 15–20% of the CPU time, there is a good chance that the repgen is written inefficiently. Make the telnet window larger to see more AIX system information.

ps -dfeal|grep RSJ​

Find all running RSJ jobs.

proctree​

Find all running RSJ jobs.

Tutorials​

VI — UNIX editor​

Documentation for learning VI:

https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECN/Support/KB/Docs/ViTextEditorTutorial/printerfriendly

VI editor for Windows that can be installed:

http://www.vim.org

UNIX shell programming​

Introduction for creating simple Bourne shell (sh) or Korn shell (ksh) scripts:

http://steve-parker.org/sh/sh.shtml