LPI Exam Questions

Which command is used to print the network connections, routing tables, and interface statistics?

The ____________ command is used to print the network connections, routing tables, and interface statistics.

Answer: netstat

Explanation/Reference:
Netstat prints information about the Linux networking subsystem.  The type  of  information  printed  is  controlled by the first argument, as follows:

(none)       By  default, netstat displays a list of open sockets. If you don’t specify any address families, then the active sockets of all configured address families will be printed.
–route , -r       Display the kernel routing tables. See the description in route(8) for details. netstat -r and route -e  produce the same output.
–groups , -g       Display multicast group membership information for IPv4 and IPv6.
–interfaces, -i       Display a table of all network interfaces.
–masquerade , -M       Display a list of masqueraded connections.
–statistics , -s       Display summary statistics for each protocol.