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topsysproc(1m)

top syscalls by process name. Uses DTrace.

NAME

topsysproc - top syscalls by process name. Uses DTrace.

SYNOPSIS

topsysproc [-Cs] [interval [count]]

DESCRIPTION

This program continually prints a report of the number of system calls by process name, and refreshes the display every 1 second or as specified at the command line. Similar data can be fetched with "prstat -m".

Since this uses DTrace, only users with root privileges can run this command.

OPTIONS

-C

don't clear the screen

-s

print per second values

EXAMPLES

Default output, 1 second updates,

# topsysproc

Print every 5 seconds,

# topsysproc 5

Print a scrolling output,

# topsysproc -C

FIELDS

load avg

load averages, see uptime(1)

syscalls

total syscalls in this interval

syscalls/s

syscalls per second

PROCESS

process name

COUNT

total syscalls in this interval

COUNT/s

syscalls per second

NOTES

There may be several PIDs with the same process name.

DOCUMENTATION

See the DTraceToolkit for further documentation under the Docs directory. The DTraceToolkit docs may include full worked examples with verbose descriptions explaining the output.

EXIT

topsysproc will run until Ctrl-C is hit.

AUTHOR

Brendan Gregg [Sydney, Australia]

SEE ALSO

dtrace(1M), prstat(1M)

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