---
name: "memusagestat"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "man-pages"
version: "6.19-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/memusagestat"
---

# memusagestat(1)

generate graphic from memory profiling data

## NAME

memusagestat - generate graphic from memory profiling data

## SYNOPSIS

**memusagestat** \[*option* ...\] *datafile* \[*outfile*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**memusagestat** creates a PNG file containing a graphical representation of the memory profiling data in the file *datafile*; that file is generated via the *-d* (or *--data*) option of [**memusage**(1)](/memusage/1.md).

The red line in the graph shows the heap usage (allocated memory) and the green line shows the stack usage. The x-scale is either the number of memory-handling function calls or (if the *-t* option is specified) time.

## OPTIONS

- **-o** *file* **--output=***file*

  Name of the output file.

- **-s** *string* **--string=***string*

  Use *string* as the title inside the output graph.

- **-t** **--time**

  Use time (rather than number of function calls) as the scale for the X axis.

- **-T** **--total**

  Also draw a graph of total memory consumption.

- **-x** *size* **--x-size=***size*

  Make the output graph *size* pixels wide.

- **-y** *size* **--y-size=***size*

  Make the output graph *size* pixels high.

- **-?** **--help**

  Print a help message and exit.

- **--usage**

  Print a short usage message and exit.

- **-V** **--version**

  Print version information and exit.

## BUGS

To report bugs, see ⟨http:\\://www.gnu.org/software/libc/bugs.html⟩

## EXAMPLES

See [**memusage**(1)](/memusage/1.md).

## SEE ALSO

[**memusage**(1)](/memusage/1.md), [**mtrace**(1)](/mtrace/1.md)