How to Use the ss Command (Linux Crash Course Series)

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00:00 - Intro
00:49 - The Ad
02:05 - Basic usage of the ss command
03:31 - Viewing UDP connections with the ss command
04:06 - Viewing network statistics

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[wyldfiregames]

My first thought was, 16 years supporting Linux systems, all command line, and I've never heard of this command. Then I started watching and was like, isn't this just netstat. I'm glad someone below mentioned it's a new replacement for netstat. Thanks for the video, succinct and covers the important stuff. You got a new subscriber.

[Jaabaa_Prime]

Nice CLI summary. Another really useful one is "sudo ss -ltp" -> Which process (-p) is listenening (-l) on which TCP (-t) ports

[willrunfun]

Somehow I've never heard of this command in the past 25 years.

[peterjansen]

A program/command which I never use, nice, I can learn. By the way, I will share this playlist with LInux-novices.

[Junse]

Now it is wroted down into my Linux dictionary - using the very useful Cherrytree app for having control on that.

[maxwellsmart]

I started using Linux in '94 and now when I want to spin up a quick Linux instance I feel like ripping my hair out when doing network config or anything else and I get 'Command <pick your poison> not found'. I might go back to Slackware. Nobody thought about throwing in an alias or wrapper so the intermittent old guys could fade away gracefully.

[mariusstark]

You are outstanding at explaining even the small details. I really like listening and learning from you about linux in general. Can you make a video about hyperland in Arch Linux?

[AliensInc.]

Ah nice, thinlinc used this for years

[EmperorTerran]

good stuff but for people who dunno it ti will be lost in a vacuum, needed some practical example.
Like you want to spin a minecraft server using docker and crafty and when you run it you get message that port XXXX is already in use, or better example is pihole and you get message that port 53 is in use.. well darn it who uses port 53, how do I find out?
sudo ss -tulpn | grep 53
oh what do you know, , systemd-resolve

[s.p.sanjay]

Sir could you tell me, how to become a linux administrator, which topics i mainly focus to learn from scratch in Linux....

[clementihammock]

How does it compare to "lsof"?

[Rai_Te]

Just my 2cts ... #1 I had added, that 'ss' is the replacement for the older 'netstat' command from the net-tools package that is no longer installed by many distibutions. #2 is more an cosmetical thing ... light grey characters on black background in your terminal screen is not really easy to read. May be you personally like this color-combo ... however to produce youtube content, you might consider to use a combination with more contrast ... I might suggest to you the use of black characters on white background ... we use this combination as a mandatory setting for all teams/zoom/etc meetings where someone is presenting something using a terminal session. (No more complaints since we moved to that).

[CommanderKappa]

Does this command commit unspeakable atrocities in eastern europe?

[thetenthplanet]

No explanation of what the output means and how to interpret it. That felt like a rushed video, Jay. Not your normal work.

[SearchFinger]

It was not so useful as it was not explained what those columns of figures mean. smh

[GooogleGoglee]

I mean, making a video on something so simple that can be found in documentation at first glance.... Such a waste of resources and time.

[natural_stupidity_]

Would have been more useful if you had explained the output a bit, like what each column is showing.
Good helpful video though.