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CompTIA Linux+ Certification Guide

You're reading from   CompTIA Linux+ Certification Guide A comprehensive guide to achieving LX0-103 and LX0-104 certifications with mock exams

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2018
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ISBN-13 9781789344493
Length 590 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (23) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Configuring the Hardware Settings FREE CHAPTER 2. Booting the System 3. Changing Runlevels and Boot Targets 4. Designing a Hard Disk Layout 5. Installing a Linux Distribution 6. Using Debian Package Management 7. Using YUM Package Management 8. Performing File Management 9. Creating, Monitoring, Killing, and Restarting Processes 10. Modifying Process Execution 11. Display Managers 12. Managing User and Group Accounts 13. Automating Tasks 14. Maintaining System Time and Logging 15. Fundamentals of Internet Protocol 16. Network Configuration and Troubleshooting 17. Performing Administrative Security Tasks 18. Shell Scripting and SQL Data Management 19. Mock Exam - 1 20. Mock Exam - 2 21. Assessment 22. Other Books You May Enjoy

Modifying Process Execution

In the previous chapter, we discussed various methods to expose processes currently running in the shell. Furthermore, we saw how to pull memory and CPU information, and we saw how to terminate a process using the ps command in combination with the kill command. Next, we touched on the pstree command. Following this, we touched on the pgrep command; also known as Process Grep. We then looked at the pkill command; as its name suggests, this is used to terminate a process. After this, we worked with the top command and then we worked with the service command. Finally, we worked with the systemctl command.

This chapter is small in comparison to the previous ones, but its contents are of great importance when it comes to managing our resources. First, managing processes is further discussed, this time focusing on the importance of a process within the context...

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