cheat/cheatsheets/strace

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# Basic stracing
strace <command>
# save the trace to a file
strace -o strace.out <other switches> <command>
# follow only the open() system call
strace -e trace=open <command>
# follow all the system calls which open a file
strace -e trace=file <command>
# follow all the system calls associated with process
# management
strace -e trace=process <command>
# follow child processes as they are created
strace -f <command>
# count time, calls and errors for each system call
strace -c <command>
# trace a running process (multiple PIDs can be specified)
strace -p <pid>