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 directory. The DTraceToolkit docs may include full worked examples with verbose descriptions explaining the output.

EXIT

pidpersec.d will run until Ctrl-C is hit.

AUTHOR

Brendan Gregg [Sydney, Australia]