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2.9.7 prstat Command
The prstat utility iteratively examines all active processes and reports statistics based
on the selected output mode and sort order. The prstat command provides output
similar to the ps command.
2.9.7.1 Options
TABLE 2-19 describes options for the prstat command and how those options can
help troubleshooting.
The following example shows output for the prstat command.
TABLE 2-19 Options for prstat
Option Description How It Can Help
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.
Output identifies process ID, user
ID, memory used, state, CPU
consumption, and command
name.
-n number Limits output to number of lines. Limits amount of data displayed
and identifies primary resource
consumers.
-s key Permits sorting list by key parameter. Useful keys are cpu (default),
time, and size.
-v Verbose mode. Displays additional parameters.
# prstat -n 5 -s size
PID USERNAME SIZE RSS STATE PRI NICE TIME CPU PROCESS/NLWP
100524 mm39236 28M 21M sleep 48 0 0:00.26 0.3% maker6X.exe/1
100317 root 28M 69M sleep 59 0 0:00.26 0.7% Xsun/1
100460 mm39236 11M 8760K sleep 59 0 0:00.03 0.0% dtwm/8
100453 mm39236 8664K 4928K sleep 48 0 0:00.00 0.0% dtsession/4
100591 mm39236 7616K 5448K sleep 49 0 0:00.02 0.1% dtterm/1
Total: 65 processes, 159 lwps, load averages: 0.03, 0.02, 0.04