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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

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