Anyone familiar with this command? cat /proc/sys/fs/file-nr

[AbeFroman]

cat /proc/sys/fs/file-nr
8413 6339 131072

cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max
131072

Is this good or bad?

[TCS]

Cat is a command that will allow you to view the content of ascii files and conf files. Running these 2 commands will only let you view the contents of these files. Will not overwrite a thing.

cat path/file | more - will help with realy long files

example:
cat lsof | more

[Elena]

The command isn't bad and any user on your system with shell access can run this command to retrieve information on how your system is running.

The first command shows 3 numbers...
the total number of file structs designated by the system, the number of free file structs, and the maximum number of file structs that can be designated by the system.

The first and last number should never be the same or close to being the same number.. this indicates a system that is in trouble. Err.. not the best way to explain it, in simple terms it tells you how many open files you are allowed to have and how many your system is using.