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sa — Summarize accounting information about commands called by users, including basic information on CPU

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Problem

How to use the sa command: Summarize accounting information about commands called by users, including basic information on CPU time spent processing and I/O rates. Part of the acct package. More information: <https://manned.org/sa.8>.

Solution

sa — Summarize accounting information about commands called by users, including basic information on CPU time spent processing and I/O rates. Part of the acct package. More information: <https://manned.org/sa.8>.

Display executable invocations per user (username not displayed):

sudo sa

Display executable invocations per user, showing responsible usernames:

sudo sa --print-users

List resources used recently per user:

sudo sa --user-summary

Code Snippets

Display executable invocations per user (username not displayed)

sudo sa

Display executable invocations per user, showing responsible usernames

sudo sa --print-users

List resources used recently per user

sudo sa --user-summary

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