pidpersec.d(1) USER COMMANDS pidpersec.d(1)
NAME
pidpersec.d - print new PIDs per sec. Uses DTrace.
SYNOPSIS
pidpersec.d
DESCRIPTION
This script prints the number of new processes created per second.
Since this uses DTrace, only users with root privileges can run this
command.
EXAMPLES
Print PID statistics per second,
# pidpersec.d
FIELDS
TIME time, as a string
LASTPID
last PID created
PID/s Number of processes created per second
DOCUMENTATION
See the DTraceToolkit for further documentation under the Docs direc-
tory. The DTraceToolkit docs may include full worked examples with ver-
bose descriptions explaining the output.
EXIT
pidpersec.d will run until Ctrl-C is hit.
AUTHOR
Brendan Gregg [Sydney, Australia]
SEE ALSO
execsnoop(1M), dtrace(1M)
version 0.80 Jun 09, 2005 pidpersec.d(1)
Mac OS X 10.6 - Generated Thu Sep 17 20:08:49 CDT 2009