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PCP-PIDSTAT(1) General Commands Manual PCP-PIDSTAT(1)

NAME top

   **pcp-pidstat** - Report statistics for Linux tasks.

SYNOPSIS top

   **pcp** [_pcp options_] **pidstat** [**-I**] [**-l**] [**-R**] [**-r**] [**-k**] [**-U** [_username_]]
   [**-V**] [**-G** _processname_] [**-p** _pid1,pid2.._]  [**-t** _interval_] [**-s** _count_]
   [**-a** _archive_] [**-B** _state_] [**-f** _format_] [**-Z** _timezone_] [**-z**] [**-?**]

DESCRIPTION top

   The **pcp-pidstat** command is used for monitoring individual tasks
   running on the system.  Using various options it helps a user to
   see useful information related to the processes.  This information
   includes CPU percentage, memory and stack usage, scheduling and
   priority.  By default **pcp-pidstat** reports live data for the local
   host.

OPTIONS top

   When invoked via the [pcp(1)](../man1/pcp.1.html) command, the **-h**/**--host**, **-a**/**--archive**,
   **-O**/**--origin**, **-s**/**--samples**, **-t**/**--interval**, **-Z**/**--timezone** and
   several other _pcp options_ become indirectly available; refer to
   [PCPIntro(1)](../man1/PCPIntro.1.html) for a complete description of these options.

   The additional command line options available for **pcp-pidstat** are:

   **-I** In an SMP environment, indicates that tasks CPU usage should
        be divided by the total number of processors.

   **-l** Display the process command name and all its arguments.

   **-R** Report real-time priority and scheduling policy information.
        The following values may be displayed:

        UID
               The real user identification number of the task being
        monitored.

        USER
               The name of the real user owning the task being
        monitored.

        PID
               The identification number of the task being monitored.

        prio
               The real-time priority of the task being monitored.

        policy
               The scheduling policy of the task being monitored.

        Command
               The command name of the task.

   **-r** Report page faults and memory utilization.  The following
        values may be displayed:

        UID
               The real user identification number of the task being
        monitored.

        USER
               The name of the real user owning the task being
        monitored.

        PID
               The identification number of the task being monitored.

        minflt/s
               Total number of minor faults the task has made per
        second, those which have not required loading a memory page
        from disk.

        majflt/s
               Total number of major faults the task has made per
        second, those which have required loading a memory page from
        disk.

        VSZ
               Virtual Size: The virtual memory usage of entire task
        in kilobytes.

        RSS
               Resident Set Size: The non-swapped physical memory
        used by the task in kilobytes.

        %MEM
               The tasks currently used share of available physical
        memory.

        Command
               The command name of the task.

   **-k** Report stack utilization.  The following values may be
        displayed:

        UID
              The real user identification number of the task being
        monitored.

        USER
              The name of the real user owning the task being
        monitored.

        PID
              The identification number of the task being monitored.

        StkSize
              The amount of memory in kilobytes reserved for the task
        as stack, but not necessarily used.

        StkRef
              The amount of memory in kilobytes used as stack,
        referenced by the task.

        Command
              The command name of the task.

   **-U** [_username_]**, --user-name**_[=username]_
        Display the real user name of the tasks being monitored
        instead of the UID.  If _username_ is specified, then only
        tasks belonging to the specified user are displayed.

   **-V, --version**
        Print version number then exit.

   **-G** _processname_**, --process-name=**_processname_
        Display only processes whose command name includes the string
        _processname_.  This string can be a regular expression.

   **-p** _pid1,pid2.._**, --pid-list=**_pid1,pid2.._
        Display only processes with the listed PIDs.

   **-t** _interval_**, --interval=**_interval_
        Set the interval between two samples.  The default is one
        second.

   **-s** _count_**, --samples=**_count_
        Set the number of samples to be displayed.  Since the first
        sample is used for the rate conversion of some of the
        metrics, the total number of samples reported are one less
        than _count_.  The default is continuous.

   **-a** _archive_**, --archive=**_archive_
        Causes **pcp-pidstat** to use the specified archive than
        connecting to PMCD.  The argument to **-a** is a comma-separated
        list of names, each of which may be the base name of an
        archive or the name of a directory containing one or more
        archives.

   **-B** Report process states.  The argument to -B is one of the
        following:

        **detail**
               Show total time processes have spent in each of the 5
        different states

        **all**
               Show total time processes spent in their current state

        [**R**,**S**,**T**,**D**,**Z**]
               A comma separated list of process states.  For
        example, **-B R,S** will report processes currently in either **R**
        or **S** states and not report processes currently in any other
        states.

   **-f** Use the format string for formatting the timestamp.  The
        format will be used with the **python**(1) datetime.strftime
        method which is similar to that described in [strftime(3)](../man3/strftime.3.html).  An
        empty format string (i.e, "") will remove the timestamps from
        the output.  The default with stdout is %H:%M:%S.

   **-Z** _timezone_**, --timezone=**_timezone_
        By default, **pcp-pidstat** reports the time of day according to
        the local timezone on the system where **pcp-pidstat** is run.
        The **-Z** option changes the timezone to _timezone_ in the format
        of the environment variable **TZ** as described in [environ(7)](../man7/environ.7.html).

   **-z** , **--hostzone**
        Change the reporting timezone to the local timezone at the
        host that is the source of the performance metrics.  When
        replaying a PCP archive that was captured in a foreign
        timezone, the **-z** option would almost always be used (the
        default reporting timezone is the local timezone, which may
        not be the same as the timezone of the PCP archive).

   **-?** , **--help**
        Display usage message and exit.

NOTES top

   **pcp-pidstat** is inspired by the [pidstat(1)](../man1/pidstat.1.html) command and aims to be
   command line and output compatible with it.

PCP ENVIRONMENT top

   Environment variables with the prefix **PCP_** are used to
   parameterize the file and directory names used by PCP.  On each
   installation, the file _/etc/pcp.conf_ contains the local values for
   these variables.  The **$PCP_CONF** variable may be used to specify an
   alternative configuration file, as described in [pcp.conf(5)](../man5/pcp.conf.5.html).

   For environment variables affecting PCP tools, see
   [pmGetOptions(3)](../man3/pmGetOptions.3.html).

SEE ALSO top

   [PCPIntro(1)](../man1/PCPIntro.1.html), [pcp(1)](../man1/pcp.1.html), [pidstat(1)](../man1/pidstat.1.html), **python**(1), [pmParseInterval(3)](../man3/pmParseInterval.3.html),
   [strftime(3)](../man3/strftime.3.html) and [environ(7)](../man7/environ.7.html).

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