Strace

Name

strace

Synopsis

$ strace [--pid pid] [--output output] [--exclude exclude] [--include include] [argument...]

Description

Trace all syscalls and their result.

Options

• -p pid, --pid pid: Trace the given PID
• -o output, --output output: Filename to write output to
• -e exclude, --exclude exclude: Comma-delimited syscalls to exclude
• -i include, --include include: Comma-delimited syscalls to include

Arguments

• argument: Arguments to exec

See Also

• profile(1)
• Profiler(1)