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Commands Reference, Volume 5
sysline Command
Purpose
Displays system status on the status line of a terminal.
Syntax
/usr/bin/sysline [ -b ] [ -c ] [ -d ] [ -e ] [ -h ] [ -i ] [ -j ] [ -l ] [ -m ] [ -p ] [ -q ] [
-r ] [ -s ] [ -w ] [ -D ] [
-H Remote ] [ +N ]
Description
The sysline command runs in the
background and periodically displays system status information on the status
line of the terminal. Not all terminals contain a status line. If no flags
are specified, the sysline command displays the following
status items:
- Time of day
- Current number of processes which may be run
- Number of users (followed by a u)
- Number of executable processes (followed by an r)
- Number of suspended processes (followed by an s)
- Number of users who have logged on and off since
the last status report
Finally, if new mail has arrived, a summary of it is
printed. If there is unread mail in your mailbox, an asterisk appears after
the display of the number of users. The display is normally in reverse video
(if your terminal supports this in the status line) and is right-justified
to reduce distraction. Every fifth display is done in normal video to give
the screen a chance to rest.
If you have a file named .who
in your home directory, then the contents of that file is printed first. One
common use of this feature is to alias the chdir, pushd, and popd commands to place
the current directory stack in /.who after it changes
the new directory.
If you have a file named .syslinelock in your home directory, then the sysline command
will not update its statistics and write on your screen, it will just go to
sleep for a minute. This is useful if you want to momentarily disable sysline. Note that it may take a few seconds from the time
the lock file is created until you are guaranteed that sysline will not write on the screen.
Flags
-b |
Beeps once every half hour and twice every hour. |
-c |
Clears the status line for five seconds before each redisplay. |
-D |
Prints out the current day/date before the time. |
-d |
Prints status line data in human readable format, debug mode. |
-e |
Prints out only the information. Suppresses the control commands
necessary to put the information on the bottom line. This option is useful
for putting the output of the sysline command onto the
mode line of an emacs window. |
-H Remote |
Prints the load average on the remote host Remote. If the host is down, or is not sending rwhod
packets, then the down time is printed instead. If the prefix ucb is present, then it is removed. |
-h |
Prints out the host machine's name after the time. |
-i |
Prints out the process ID of the sysline command
process onto standard output upon startup. With this information you can send
the alarm signal to the sysline process to cause it
to update immediately. The sysline command writes to
the standard error, so you can redirect the standard output into a file to
catch the process ID. |
-j |
Left-justifies the sysline command output on
terminals capable of cursor movement on the status line. |
-l |
Suppresses the printing of names of people who log in and out. |
-m |
Suppresses mail check. |
+N |
Updates the status line every N seconds.
The default is 60 seconds. |
-p |
Suppresses the report of the number of processes that are executable
and suspended. |
-q |
Suppresses the printout diagnostic messages if something goes wrong
when starting up. |
-r |
Suppresses reverse video display. |
-s |
Prints the short form of a line by left-justifying iff (if and only if ) escapes are not allowed in the status line. Some
terminals (the Televideos and Freedom 100 for example) do not allow cursor
movements (or other "intelligent" operations) in the status line. For these
terminals, the sysline command normally uses blanks
to cause right-justification. This flag disables the adding of blanks. |
-w |
Prints the status on the current line of the terminal, suitable for
use inside a one line window (Window mode). |
Examples
To display the day and date, the number of processes which may be run,
the number of users, and to clear the screen five seconds before it updates,
enter:
sysline -Dcr
Note: This will only work
on screens which have status line capabilities.
Files
/etc/utmp |
Contains the names of users who are logged in. |
/dev/kmem |
Contains the process table. |
/var/spool/rwho/whod.* |
Contains who/Uptime information for remote hosts. |
${HOME}/.who |
Specifies information to print on the bottom line. |
${HOME}/.syslinelock |
Specifies that when it exists, sysline does
not print. |
Related Information
The pstat command, vmstat
command.
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