pmap(1) - Linux man page

Name

pmap - report memory map of a process

Synopsis

pmap [ -x | -d ] [ -q ] pids...
pmap -V

Description

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

General Options

-x extended Show the extended format.
-d device Show the device format.
-q quiet Do not display some header/footer lines.
-V show version Displays version of program.

Extended and Device Format Fields

Address: start address of map
Kbytes: size of map in kilobytes
RSS: resident set size in kilobytes
Dirty: dirty pages (both shared and private) in kilobytes
Mode: permissions on map: read, write, execute, shared, private (copy on write)
Mapping: file backing the map, or '[ anon ]' for allocated memory, or '[ stack ]' for the program stack
Offset: offset into the file
Device: device name (major:minor)

See Also

ps(1) pgrep(1)

Standards

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

Author

Albert Cahalan <albert@users.sf.net> wrote pmap in 2002, and is the current maintainer of the procps collection. Please send bug reports to <procps-feedback@lists.sf.net>.

Referenced By

dstat(1), jmap-java-1.7.0-openjdk(1), smem(8)