Prstat Command; Options; Table 9-8 Options For Prstat - Sun Microsystems Ultra 25 Service Manual

9.5.7

prstat Command

The prstat utility iteratively examines all active processes on the system and
reports statistics based on the selected output mode and sort order. The prstat
command provides output similar to the ps command.
9.5.7.1

Options

TABLE 9-8
help troubleshoot the Sun Ultra 45 or Ultra 25 workstation.
Options for
TABLE 9-8
Option Description
No option Displays a sorted list of the top
processes that are consuming
the most CPU resources. List is
limited to the height of the
terminal window and the total
number of processes. Output is
automatically updated every
five seconds. Ctrl-C aborts.
-n number Limits output to number of
lines.
key Permits sorting list by key
-s
parameter.
Verbose mode.
-v
The following example shows output for the prstat command.
# prstat -n 5 -s size
PID USERNAME
100524 mm39236
100317 root
100460 mm39236
100453 mm39236
100591 mm39236
Total: 65 processes, 159 lwps, load averages: 0.03, 0.02, 0.04
describes options for the prstat command and how those options can
prstat
SIZE RSS STATE
28M 21M sleep
28M 69M sleep
11M 8760K sleep
8664K 4928K sleep
7616K 5448K sleep
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Output identifies process ID, user ID, memory used, state,
CPU consumption, and command name.
Limits amount of data displayed and identifies primary
resource consumers.
Useful keys are (default),
cpu
Displays additional parameters.
PRI NICE TIME
48 0 0:00.26 0.3%
59 0 0:00.26 0.7%
59 0 0:00.03 0.0%
48 0 0:00.00 0.0%
49 0 0:00.02 0.1%
, and .
time size
CPU PROCESS/NLWP
maker6X.exe/1
Xsun/1
dtwm/8
dtsession/4
dtterm/1
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