“Catalina” is the script that is actually responsible for starting Tomcat; the “startup” script simply runs “catalina” with the argument “start” (“catalina” also can be used with the “stop” parameter to shut down Tomcat).

How do I start Tomcat in Linux?

How to Start and Stop Apache Tomcat from the Command Line (Linux)

1. Start a Terminal window from the menu bar.
2. Type in sudo service tomcat7 start and then hit Enter :
3. You will receive the following message indicating the server is started:

Which port is Tomcat running on Linux?

A simple way to see if Tomcat is running is to check if there is a service listening on TCP port 8080 with the netstat command. This will, of course, only work if you are running Tomcat on the port you specify (its default port of 8080, for example) and not running any other service on that port.