---
name: "scaphandre-json"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "scaphandre"
version: "1.0.2-4+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://carta.tech/man/scaphandre-json"
---

# scaphandre-json(1)

Write the metrics in the JSON format to a file or to stdout

## NAME

scaphandre json - Write the metrics in the JSON format to a file or to stdout

## SYNOPSIS

**scaphandre** *json* \[*OPTIONS*\]

## DESCRIPTION

Write the metrics in the JSON format to a file or to stdout

## OPTIONS

- **-t**, **--timeout** \<TIMEOUT\>

  Maximum time spent measuring, in seconds. If unspecified, runs forever

- **-s**, **--step** \<SECONDS\>

  Interval between two measurements, in seconds \[default: 2\]

- **--step-nano** \<NANOSECS\>

  Additional step duration in \_nano\_ seconds. This is added to \`step\` to get the final duration \[default: 0\]

- **--max-top-consumers** \<MAX\_TOP\_CONSUMERS\>

  Maximum number of processes to watch \[default: 10\]

- **-f**, **--file** \<FILE\>

  Destination file for the report (if absent, print the report to stdout)

- **--containers**

  Monitor and apply labels for processes running as containers

- **--process-regex** \<PROCESS\_REGEX\>

  Filter processes based on regular expressions (example: 'scaph\\\\w\\\\w.e')

- **--container-regex** \<CONTAINER\_REGEX\>

  Filter containers based on regular expressions

- **--resources**

  Monitor and incude CPU, RAM and Disk usage per process

- **-h**, **--help**

  Print help