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The ptools

The suite of tools known as the 'ptools' covers a wide range of process tasks. Most of these tools are built on top of libproc, which is layered on top of procfs, as well as process core files. The majority of these commands work on corefiles as well as live processes. You can find the source for all these tools in usr/src/cmd/ptools.

Source	Manpage	Description
pargs	proc(1)	Display process arguments
pcred	proc(1)	Display or set process credentials
pfiles	proc(1)	Display open file information
pflags	proc(1)	Display basic process stats
pldd	proc(1)	Display dynamic linker dependencies
pmap	proc(1)	Display process address space mappings
ppriv	ppriv(1)	Set and display process privileges
preap	preap(1)	Forcibly reap a zombie process
prun	proc(1)	Run a process in the stopped state
psig	proc(1)	Display signal handler information
pstack	proc(1)	Display process stack, including java frames
pstop	proc(1)	Stop a process
ptime	proc(1)	Time how long a process takes to run
ptree	proc(1)	Display process hierarchy as a tree
pwait	proc(1)	Wait for processes to exit
pwdx	proc(1)	Display process working directory