Question - Enlist some commonly used network commands.
Answer -
Some commonly used networking commands in Unix are enlisted below:
- telnet: it is used for remote login as well as for communication with another hostname.
- ping: it is defined as an echo request for checking network connectivity.
- su: derived as a user switching command.
- hostname: determines the IP address and domain name.
- nslookup: performs DNS query.
- xtraceroute: method to determine the number of hoops and response time required to reach the network host.
- netstat: it provides a lot of information like ongoing network connection on the local system and ports, routing tables, interfaces statistics, etc.