$ redis-cli INFO ... executable:/Users/antirez/hack/redis/src/./redis-server config_file:/etc/redis/redis.conf ... In the case of Redis, it is

$ redis-cli INFO ... executable:/Users/antirez/hack/redis/src/./redis-server config_file:/etc/redis/redis.conf ... In the case of Redis, it is possible to do much more. With the CONFIG command you can check specific configuration parameters at runtime, and even change most of them. There are commands to get reports about latency and memory usage, performing a self-analysis of the instance condition. You can see counters for commands called, and even obtian a live stream of the commands the instance is executing. This should all be obvious features to make system software approachable, observable, and to make people able to act easily when shit happens, without having to guess where the configuration file is from the system startup scripts or alike. UX is not only about GUIs.