The commands associated with the TCP/IP utilities mentioned in this book
are summarized in the following list. Refer to the Index for their occurrences throughout
the text.
| arp |
View or update the Address Resolution Protocol
tables |
| finger |
View the list of users logged on the network |
| ftp |
Invoke the file transfer protocol program |
| ifconfig |
View or configure network interface parameters
|
| mount |
Mount a directory or filesystem onto the local
file structure, or view a list of mounted directories or filesystems |
| netstat |
Display network statistics |
| nfsstat |
View statistics on NFS usage and configuration
|
| nslookup |
Look up IP addresses and associated
information through a Domain Name Server |
| ping |
Send an ICMP echo message to a remote system
to test connectivity |
| rlogin |
Log in to a remote host |
| rpcinfo |
Display information about active processes |
| ruptime |
Display the total time a system has been
functioning and its current load |
| showmount |
View all servers currently mounted |
| spray |
Send a batch of UDP datagrams to a remote
system to check connectivity and throughput |
| telnet |
Log in to a remote host |
| traceroute |
Display messages from routers along the path
of a set of test datagrams |
| ypcat |
Display the contents of a Network Information
Service database |
| ypmatch |
Look up an entry in a Network Information Service database |
