pidpersec.d(1m)

pidpersec.d1m

Print new pids per sec. uses dtrace.

Usage

pidpersec.d

Overview

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.

Releases

115 releases since Mac OS X 10.5; the text changed 1 time.

  1. 10.5–10.5.8
  2. 10.6–26.5

Author

Brendan Gregg [Sydney, Australia]

From dtrace 413 in macOS 26.5. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.