syscallbypid.d(1m)

NAME
syscallbypid.d - syscalls by process ID. Uses DTrace.

SYNOPSIS
syscallbypid.d

DESCRIPTION
This reports the number of each type of system call made by PID. This is useful to identify which process is causing the most system calls. This is based on a script from DExplorer. Since this uses DTrace, only users with root privileges can run this command.

EXAMPLES

This samples until Ctrl-C is hit.
    # syscallbypid.d

FIELDS

PID process ID

CMD process name

SYSCALL
    system call name

COUNT
    number of system calls made in this sample

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
syscallbypid.d will sample until Ctrl-C is hit.

AUTHOR
Brendan Gregg [Sydney, Australia]

SEE ALSO
procsystime(1M), dtrace(1M), truss(1)