pcp-ps - Man Page

Report statistics for Linux Process.

Synopsis

pcp [pcp options] ps [-e] [-U [username]] [-V --version] [-c Command name] [-P pid1,pid2..] [-p pid1,pid2..] [-o col1,col2... or ALL] [-Z timezone] [-z] [-?]

Description

The pcp-ps command is used for monitoring individual process 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-ps reports live data for the local host.

Options

When invoked via the pcp(1) command, the -h/--host, -O/--origin, -t/--interval, -Z/--timezone and several other pcp options become indirectly available; refer to PCPIntro(1) for a complete description of these options.

The additional command line options available for pcp-ps are:

-e

Display all the process.

PIDProcess identifier.
TTYThe terminal associated with the process.
TIMEThe  cumulated CPU time in [DD-]hh:mm:ss format (time=TIME).
CMDThe command name of the task.
-c [command name]

Display the real Command name of the tasks being monitored instead of the UID. If command name is specified, then only tasks belonging to the specified command are displayed.

-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.

-p pid1,pid2.., --pid-list=pid1,pid2..

Display only processes with the listed PIDs.

-P ppid1,ppid2.., --ppid-list=ppid1,ppid2..

Display only processes with the listed PPIDs.

-o

User-defined format.

It is a single argument in the form of a blank-separated or comma-separated list, which offers a way to specify individual output columns.

The argument to -o are following:

COLHEADERDescription



%cpu%CPUcpu utilization of the process
%mem%MEMphysical memory on the machine expressed as a percentage
startSTARTtime the command started
timeTIMEaccumulated cpu time, user + system
clsCLSscheduling class of the process
cmdCMDsee args.  (alias args, command).
pidPIDThe process ID
ppidPPIDParent process ID
priPRIPriority of the process
stateSsee s
rssRSSthe non-swapped physical memory that a task has used
rtprioRTPRIOreal-time priority
pnamePnameProcess name
ttyTTcontrolling tty (terminal)
uidUIDsee euid
unameUSERsee euser
vsizeVSZsee vsz
wchanWCHANname of the kernel function in which the process is sleeping

Standard Format Specifiers

Here are the different keywords that may be used to control the output format (e.g. with option -o) or to sort the selected processes

For example: pcp-ps -o pid,user,args

CODEHEADERDescription



pidPIDa number representing the process ID
%cpu%CPU%cpu utilization of the process in "##.#" format.
Currently, it is the CPU time used divided by the time the process has been running (cputime/realtime ratio), expressed as a percentage.
%mem%MEM%ratio of the process's resident set size  to the physical memory on the machine, expressed as a percentage.
argsCOMMANDCommand with all its arguments as a string. Modifications to the arguments may be shown.  The output in this column may contain spaces.  A process marked <defunct> is partly dead, waiting to be fully destroyed by its parent. Sometimes the process args will be unavailable; when this happens,will instead print the executable name in brackets.
classCLSscheduling class of the process.
Field's possible values are: -      not reported
TS     SCHED_OTHER
FF     SCHED_FIFO
RR     SCHED_RR
B      SCHED_BATCH
ISO    SCHED_ISO
IDL    SCHED_IDLE
DLN    SCHED_DEADLINE
?      unknown value
sSminimal state display. See also state if you want additional information displayed.
euidEUIDeffective user ID.
vszVSZvirtual memory size of the process in KiB (1024-byte units). Device mappings are currently excluded; this is subject to change.
euserEUSEReffective user name.  This will be the textual user ID, if it can be obtained and the field width permits, or a decimal representation otherwise.
AllN/AThis option shows USER, PID, PPID, PRI, %CPU, %MEM, VSZ, RSS, S, START, TIME, WCHAN and COMMAND.
-Z timezone, --timezone=timezone

By default, pcp-ps reports the time of day according to the local timezone on the system where pcp-ps is run. The -Z option changes the timezone to timezone in the format of the environment variable TZ as described in environ(7).

-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

pcp-ps is inspired by the ps(1) command and aims to be command line and output compatible with it.

PCP Environment

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).

For environment variables affecting PCP tools, see pmGetOptions(3).

See Also

PCPIntro(1), pcp(1), pcp-ps(1), python(1), pmParseInterval(3), strftime(3) and environ(7).

Info

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