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topsysproc(1m)                                  USER COMMANDS                                 topsysproc(1m)



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)



version 0.90                                    Jun 13, 2005                                  topsysproc(1m)