pmap(1) — Linux manual page

PMAP(1)                  General Commands Manual                  PMAP(1)

NAME         top

       pmap - report memory map of a process

SYNOPSIS         top

       pmap [option ...] pid ...

DESCRIPTION         top

       The pmap command reports the memory map of a process or processes.

OPTIONS         top

       -x, --extended
              Show the extended format.

       -d, --device
              Show the device format.

       -q, --quiet
              Do not display some header or footer lines.

       -A, --range low,high
              Limit results to the given range to low and high address
              range.  Notice that the low and high arguments are single
              string separated with comma.

       -X     Show even more details than the -x option. WARNING: format
              changes according to /proc/PID/smaps

       -XX    Show everything the kernel provides

       -p, --show-path
              Show full path to files in the mapping column

       -k, --use-kernel-name
              If available, use names provided by the kernel instead of
              "[ anon ]"

       -c, --read-rc
              Read the default configuration

       -C, --read-rc-from file
              Read the configuration from file

       -n, --create-rc
              Create new default configuration

       -N, --create-rc-to file
              Create new configuration to file

       -h, --help
              Display help text and exit.

       -V, --version
              Display version information and exit.

EXIT STATUS         top

              0      Success.

              1      Failure.

              42     Did not find all processes asked for.

SEE ALSO         top

       ps(1), pgrep(1)

STANDARDS         top

       No standards apply, but pmap looks an awful lot like a SunOS
       command.

REPORTING BUGS         top

       Please send bug reports to ⟨procps@freelists.org⟩.

COLOPHON         top

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procps-ng                       2020-06-04                        PMAP(1)

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