In order to access your
dedicated server via SSH, you should aware about the some of the basic commands listed below:
top- it shows the information about running processes on the server including, cpu usage, up-time and memory usage. At the top of the table, you will see the most resource consuming processes.
ls- It presents the content of a directory
ps –auxf– this command shows all the process currently running on the server
who – it shows all the users currently logged on the server through SSH
pwd – shows the current directory
rm file_name – it deletes file name
tail –f file_name – this command will show you the last lines of “filename”. It is helpful in reading log files
mkdir folder_name – creates new folder in the current directory.