The modern command that replaces netstat on most Linux systems is ss (short for socket statistics).

Quick Scoop

On newer Linux distributions, netstat from the old net-tools suite is considered deprecated, and administrators are encouraged to use ss instead. Some distros still ship netstat for compatibility, but documentation and tutorials increasingly showcase ss as the faster, more feature‑complete option for listing sockets and connections.

So, if you’re used to commands like:

  • netstat -tulnp
  • netstat -an

the modern equivalents generally use ss, for example:

  • ss -tulnp
  • ss -an

These ss invocations provide similar connection and socket views, often with better performance and richer filtering.

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