Unix Syntax Comparison: General
The following are pages that list various commands and tools for
Solaris, Linux, HP-UX, and AIX.
Task
Solaris
Linux
HP-UX
AIX
Unique Host ID
hostid
hostid
uname -i
hostid
Administrator
admintool
sam
smit
Performance Monitor
top
top
top
glancetop
monitor
System Activity
sar
sar {sysstat}
sar
sar
Virtual Memory Statistics
vmstat
vmstat
vmstat
vmstat
I/O Statistics
iostat
iostat {sysstat}
iostat
iostat
Error Logs
dmesg
dmesg
dmesg
alog -o -t boot
errpt
Physical RAM
16TB
64 GB
4TB
1TB
Shared Memory
sysctl kernel.shmmax
8TB
2.75GB
Process Data Space
900 MB
4GB
2GB
Swap Device
/dev/vx/dsk/swapvol
/dev/sda2
/dev/vg00/lvol2
/dev/hd6
Swap File Type
swap
partition type 82
swap
/etc/swapspaces
Display Swap Size
swap -l
free
swapinfo -a
lsps -a
Activate Swap
swap -a
swapon -a
swapon -a
swapon -a
Filesystem Table
/etc/vfstab
/etc/fstab
/etc/fstab
/etc/filesystems
Free Disk Blocks
df -k
df -k
bdf
df -k
Device Listing
sysdef
cat /proc/devices
/sbin/ioscan
lsdev -C
Disk Label
prtvtoc
fdisk -l
pvdisplay -v /dev/dsk/C#t#d#
lspv -l hdisk#
Max File System
1 TB
8000 TB {vxfs}2 TB
128 GB
128 GB
Max File Size
1 TB
2GB{512B block size}
8192 GB {8KB block size}128 GB
64 GB
Max # File Descriptors
64 K
sysctl fs.file-max
60~ K
64 K