pidstat(1) - Linux manual page (original) (raw)
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).COLOPHON top
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