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pidstat — Show system resource usage, including CPU, memory, IO etc. More information: <https://manned.org/pid

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Problem

How to use the pidstat command: Show system resource usage, including CPU, memory, IO etc. More information: <https://manned.org/pidstat>.

Solution

pidstat — Show system resource usage, including CPU, memory, IO etc. More information: <https://manned.org/pidstat>.

Show CPU statistics at a 2 second interval for 10 times:

pidstat {{2}} {{10}}

Show page faults and memory utilization:

pidstat -r

Show input/output usage per process ID:

pidstat -d

Show information on a specific PID:

pidstat -p {{PID}}

Show memory statistics for all processes whose command name include "fox" or "bird":

pidstat -C "{{fox|bird}}" -r -p ALL

Code Snippets

Show CPU statistics at a 2 second interval for 10 times

pidstat {{2}} {{10}}

Show page faults and memory utilization

pidstat -r

Show input/output usage per process ID

pidstat -d

Show information on a specific PID

pidstat -p {{PID}}

Show memory statistics for all processes whose command name include "fox" or "bird"

pidstat -C "{{fox|bird}}" -r -p ALL

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tldr-pages: linux/pidstat

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