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Solaris proc commands

Updated 29 Jun 2011 Read time 4 min(s) 40 sec(s) (2291 visits).

These commands can be run against a specific process, but most of them can also be run against all processes on the system.

Updated 3 Aug 2007 Read time 3 min(s) 10 sec(s) (2874 visits).

The pgrep command lets you specify the criteria and then displays the information only about the processes that match the criteria.

Updated 3 Aug 2007 Read time 2 min(s) 44 sec(s) (2517 visits).

The prstat command displays information about processes similar to ps and pgrep commands but refreshes (updates) the output in a periodic fashion