Linux ipcs Command

What is Linux ipcs Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use ipcs command in Linux. ipcs command is ipcs - show information on IPC facilities.

ipcs Syntax#

ipcs [options]

ipcs Examples#

ipcs Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of ipcs command. ipcs command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for ipcs command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man ipcs

To open info page for ipcs command we can use command below.

info ipcs

To open help page from ipcs command we can run command below.

ipcs --help

Linux ipcs Command Source Code#

You can find ipcs command source code from the folowing repositories:

• ipcs source code on GitHub
• util-linux releases on kernel.org

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use ipcs in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.