valgrind-listener(1)

valgrind-listener1

Listens on a socket for valgrind commentary

Usage

valgrind-listener [options]

Overview

valgrind-listener accepts (multiple) connections from valgrind processes that use the --log-socket option on the specified port and copies the commentary it is sent to stdout.

Options

-e --exit-at-zero

When the number of connected processes falls back to zero, exit. Without this, it will run forever, that is, until you send it Control-C.

--max-connect=INTEGER

By default, the listener can connect to up to 50 processes. Occasionally, that number is too small. Use this option to provide a different limit. E.g. --max-connect=100.

portnumber

Changes the port it listens on from the default (1500). The specified port must be in the range 1024 to 65535. The same restriction applies to port numbers specified by a --log-socket to Valgrind itself.

Releases

8 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy); the text changed 7 times.

  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 9
  4. 10
  5. 11
  6. 12
  7. 13
  8. Arch

--max-connect since Debian 9 (Stretch).

--help until Debian 7 (Wheezy); -h until Debian 7 (Wheezy).

Author

Julian Seward.

From valgrind 3.25.1-9 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.