Below are the most commonly used Linux commands for SAP Basis consultants. These OS Level commands can be useful during the various daily activities for SAP Basis consultants.
| Command | Description |
| dpmon or dpmon pf=[Instance profile path] | ABAP Dispatcher queue monitor |
| jcmon pf=[instance profile path] | Java Server monitoring |
| PS | Running work process |
| ps –eaf|grep dw | Process overview |
| ps –eaf|grep ora | To check oracle service is running |
| ps –eaf | grep dw | kill -9 | Kill work process |
| msmon pf=profile path name=sid | To check the message server status |
| gwmon pf=profile path nr=num | To check the gateway status |
| Ps –eaf | grep lsnrctl | Listener status |
| Rslgview pf =-r –ft | pg | System logs |
| Disp + work –v | To check the version of r3 kernel |
| R3trans –d ,tnsping | Checking the connection with database |
| Df –k | File system monitor |
| Du –k | Display all directories and size of current directory |
| Sqlplus ―/as sysdba | SQL prompt and database connection |
| Saplicence -get | To get hardware key |
| saplicense -install | to install license |
| sappfpar all pf=profile path | display all profile parameters |
| sappfpar check path=profile path | checks the required space for memory |
| memlimits | to check the available space for heap and swap memory |
| telnet | Remote system login |
| telnet [ipaddress][dispatcherportnum] | to check the remote sap system is up and running |
| ftp | file transfer protocol |
| rcp | remote copy of files |
| Start/stop sap | Start / stop Sap instance |
| ping | check destination host reachable |
| niping | check connection between server and a client by transferring packets |
| systeminfo | check the configuration of system |
| Ps –aef | Processes status |
| lsps -a | Swap space |
| topas | Memory |
| Cdpro | To checking the profiles at path SAPMNT/[SID]/profile |
| Cdexe | To check the Kernel folder |
| find . -name filename -print | for checking the file in the present directory |
| gunzip | to unzip file |
| tar –xvzf | file name to run the zip folder of file content |