Contents - Command Summary

The following is a list of commands found in the DTraceToolkit, along

with their directory location.

Generally commands that end in a ".d" are DTrace scripts, and commands

that don't are DTrace scripts wrapped in another language (eg, shell

or Perl). See the Docs/Readme for instructions for finding their docs.

DTraceToolkit/

dexplorer run a series of scripts and archive output

dtruss process syscall info. DTrace truss

dvmstat vmstat by PID/name/command

errinfo report syscall failures with details

execsnoop snoop process execution as it occurs

iosnoop snoop I/O events as they occur

iopattern print disk I/O pattern

iotop display top disk I/O events by process

opensnoop snoop file opens as they occur

procsystime analyse process system call times

rwsnoop snoop read/write events

rwtop display top read/write bytes by process

statsnoop snoop file stats as they occur

Apps/

httpdstat.d realtime httpd statistics

nfswizard.d NFS client activity wizard

shellsnoop snoop live shell activity

weblatency.d website latency statistics

Cpu/

cputypes.d list CPU types

cpuwalk.d measure which CPUs a process runs on

dispqlen.d dispatcher queue length by CPU

intbycpu.d interrupts by CPU

intoncpu.d interrput on-cpu usage

inttimes.d interrput on-cpu time total

loads.d print load averages

runocc.d run queue occupancy by CPU

xcallsbypid.d CPU cross calls by PID

Disk/

bitesize.d print disk event size report

diskhits disk access by file offset

hotspot.d print disk event by location

iofile.d I/O wait time by filename and process

iofileb.d I/O bytes by filename and process

iopending plot number of pending disk events

pathopens.d pathnames successfully opened count

seeksize.d print disk seek size report

Docs/

oneliners.txt DTrace oneliners

FS/

fsrw.d file system read/write event tracing

fspaging.d file system read/write and paging tracing

rfsio.d read FS I/O stats, with cache miss rate

rfileio.d read file I/O stats, with cache miss rate

vopstat vnode interface statistics

Java/

j_*.d 18 scripts for tracing Java using the hotspot provider

JavaScript/

js_*.d 14 scripts for JavaScript with the Mozilla provider

Kernel/

cputimes print time by Kernel/Idle/Process

cpudists time distribution by Kernel/Idle/Process

cswstat.d context switch time statistics

dnlcps.d DNLC stats by process

dnlcsnoop.d snoop DNLC activity

dnlcstat DNLC statistics

kstat_types.d trace kstat reads with type info

modcalls.d kernel function calls by module name

priclass.d priority distribution by scheduling class

pridist.d process priority distribution

putnexts.d trace who is putting to which streams module

whatexec.d examine the type of files executed

Locks/

lockbyproc.d lock time by process name

lockbydist.d lock time distribution by process name

Mem/

anonpgpid.d anonymous memory paging info by PID on CPU

minfbypid.d minor faults by PID

minfbyproc.d minor faults by process name

pgpginbypid.d pages paged in by PID

pgpginbyproc.d pages paged in by process name

swapinfo.d print virtual memory info

vmbypid.d virtual memory stats by PID

vmstat.d vmstat demo using DTrace

vmstat-p.d vmstat -p demo using DTrace

xvmstat extended vmstat demo using DTrace

Misc/

guess.d guessing game

wpm.d words per minute tracing

woof.d audio alert for new processes

Net/

connections print inbound TCP connections by process

icmpstat.d print ICMP statistics

tcpsnoop snoop TCP network packets by process, Solaris 10 3/05

tcpsnoop_snv snoop TCP network packets by process, Solaris Nevada

tcpsnoop.d snoop TCP network packets by process, Solaris 10 3/05

tcpsnoop_snv.d snoop TCP network packets by process, Solaris Nevada

tcpstat.d print TCP statistics

tcptop display top TCP network packets by PID, Solaris 10 3/05

tcptop_snv display top TCP network packets by PID, Solaris Nevada

tcpwdist.d simple TCP write distribution by process

udpstat.d print UDP statistics

Perl/

pl_*.d 12 scripts for tracing Perl

Php/

php_*.d 12 scripts for tracing Php

Proc/

crash.d crashed application report

creatbyproc.d snoop file creat() by process name

dappprof profile user and lib function usage

dapptrace trace user and lib function usage

fddist file descriptor usage distribution

fileproc.d snoop files opened by process

kill.d snoop process signals

lastwords print syscalls before exit

mmapfiles.d mmap'd files by process

newproc.d snoop new processes

pfilestat show I/O latency break down by FD

pidpersec.d print new PIDs per sec

readbytes.d read bytes by process name

readdist.d read distribution by process name

rwbbypid.d read/write bytes by PID

rwbypid.d read/write calls by PID

rwbytype.d read/write bytes by vnode type

sampleproc sample processes on the CPUs

shortlived.d check short lived process time

sigdist.d signal distribution by process name

stacksize.d measure stack size for running threads

sysbypid.d system stats by PID

syscallbyproc.d system calls by process name

syscallbypid.d system calls by process ID

threaded.d sample multi-threaded CPU usage

topsysproc display top syscalls by process name

writebytes.d write bytes by process name

writedist.d write distribution by process name

Python/

py_*.d 14 scripts for tracing Python

Shell/

sh_*.d 15 scripts for tracing the Bourne shell

System/

sar-c.d sar -c demo using DTrace

syscallbysysc.d system calls by system call

topsyscall display top system call type

uname-a.d uname -a demo using DTrace

Tcl/

tcl_*.d 15 scripts for tracing Tcl

User/

setuids.d snoop setuid calls

Zones/

zvmstat vmstat info by zone

Total: 230 scripts