SS command in Linux - more powerful than netstat
Today i want to share a command ss (Socket statistics) to investigate network and debug tcp connections. ss is used to dump socket statistics. It allows showing information similar to netstat. It can display more TCP and state information than other tools. It is present in most of our Linux machines. ss commands has lot of options. To get all options: ss -help Few commands and outputs worth trying are as below: ss -t ->stands for tcp. Gives information about tcp connections that are available on the system #ss -t State Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address:Port ...