pidpersec.d - print new PIDs per sec. Uses DTrace. pidpersec.d This script prints the number of new processes created per second. Since this uses DTrace, only the root user or users with the dtrace_kernel privilege can run this command. Solaris stable - needs the proc provider.

Print PID statistics per second, # pidpersec.d

TIME time, as a string

LASTPID last PID created

PID/s Number of processes created per second

See the DTraceToolkit for further documentation under the Docs directory. The DTraceToolkit docs may include full worked examples with verbose descriptions explaining the output. pidpersec.d will run until Ctrl-C is hit. Brendan Gregg [Sydney, Australia] execsnoop(1M), dtrace(1M)