pmap

report memory map of a process

Print memory map for a specific process id (PID)

$ pmap [pid]

Show the extended format

$ pmap --extended [pid]

Show the device format

$ pmap --device [pid]

Limit results to a memory address range specified by low and high

$ pmap --range [low],[high]

Print memory maps for multiple processes

$ pmap [pid1 pid2 ...]

pmap [options] pid [...]

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

-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
-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.

0

Success.

1

Failure.

42

Did not find all processes asked for.

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

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