{"id":6696,"date":"2024-03-14T04:35:01","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T04:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-use-the-netstat-command-in-ubuntu\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T06:55:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T06:55:30","slug":"how-to-use-the-netstat-command-in-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-use-the-netstat-command-in-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubuntu netstat Command Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The netstat command is used to display network status information, including network connections, routing tables, interface statistics, etc. In Ubuntu, you can use the netstat command through the terminal.<\/p>\n<p>The basic format of the netstat command is as follows:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>netstat [options]\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Commonly used options for netstat include:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>-t: displays TCP connections.<\/li>\n<li>-u: Display UDP connections.<\/li>\n<li>-n: display the IP address and port number without performing DNS resolution.<\/li>\n<li>Display all connections, including both listening and non-listening connections.<\/li>\n<li>-r: Display the routing table.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Display network interface information&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>-p: Display the PID and program name.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>For example, to display all TCP connections, you can use the following command:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>netstat -t\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>To display detailed information about all connections, you can use the following command:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>netstat -an\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>To display routing table information, you can use the following command:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>netstat -r\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>You can find more options and parameters for using the netstat command by checking the help document with the man netstat command.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The netstat command is used to display network status information, including network connections, routing tables, interface statistics, etc. In Ubuntu, you can use the netstat command through the terminal. 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