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Hello,
To make it easier to use cut to select the desired fields, it is useful
to have the field numbers in the documentation. The attached patch does
this.
Samuel
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--- proc.5.orig 2009-10-31 02:49:17.000000000 +0100
+++ proc.5 2009-10-31 03:00:48.000000000 +0100
@@ -607,64 +607,64 @@
format specifiers, are:
.RS
.TP 12
-\fIpid\fP %d
+(1) \fIpid\fP %d
The process ID.
.TP
-\fIcomm\fP %s
+(2) \fIcomm\fP %s
The filename of the executable, in parentheses.
This is visible whether or not the executable is swapped out.
.TP
-\fIstate\fP %c
+(3) \fIstate\fP %c
One character from the string "RSDZTW" where R is running, S is
sleeping in an interruptible wait, D is waiting in uninterruptible
disk sleep, Z is zombie, T is traced or stopped (on a signal),
and W is paging.
.TP
-\fIppid\fP %d
+(4) \fIppid\fP %d
The PID of the parent.
.TP
-\fIpgrp\fP %d
+(5) \fIpgrp\fP %d
The process group ID of the process.
.TP
-\fIsession\fP %d
+(6) \fIsession\fP %d
The session ID of the process.
.TP
-\fItty_nr\fP %d
+(7) \fItty_nr\fP %d
The controlling terminal of the process.
(The minor device number is contained in the combination of bits
31 to 20 and 7 to 0;
the major device number is in bits 15 t0 8.)
.TP
-\fItpgid\fP %d
+(8) \fItpgid\fP %d
.\" This field and following, up to and including wchan added 0.99.1
The ID of the foreground process group of the controlling
terminal of the process.
.TP
-\fIflags\fP %u (%lu before Linux 2.6.22)
+(9) \fIflags\fP %u (%lu before Linux 2.6.22)
The kernel flags word of the process.
For bit meanings,
see the PF_* defines in
.IR <linux/sched.h> .
Details depend on the kernel version.
.TP
-\fIminflt\fP %lu
+(10) \fIminflt\fP %lu
The number of minor faults the process has made which have not
required loading a memory page from disk.
.TP
.\" field 11
-\fIcminflt\fP %lu
+(11) \fIcminflt\fP %lu
The number of minor faults that the process's
waited-for children have made.
.TP
-\fImajflt\fP %lu
+(12) \fImajflt\fP %lu
The number of major faults the process has made which have
required loading a memory page from disk.
.TP
-\fIcmajflt\fP %lu
+(13) \fIcmajflt\fP %lu
The number of major faults that the process's
waited-for children have made.
.TP
-\fIutime\fP %lu
+(14) \fIutime\fP %lu
Amount of time that this process has been scheduled in user mode,
measured in clock ticks (divide by
.IR sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK) .
@@ -673,12 +673,12 @@
so that applications that are not aware of the guest time field
do not lose that time from their calculations.
.TP
-\fIstime\fP %lu
+(15) \fIstime\fP %lu
Amount of time that this process has been scheduled in kernel mode,
measured in clock ticks (divide by
.IR sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK) .
.TP
-\fIcutime\fP %ld
+(16) \fIcutime\fP %ld
Amount of time that this process's
waited-for children have been scheduled in user mode,
measured in clock ticks (divide by
@@ -688,13 +688,13 @@
This includes guest time, \fIcguest_time\fP
(time spent running a virtual CPU, see below).
.TP
-\fIcstime\fP %ld
+(17) \fIcstime\fP %ld
Amount of time that this process's
waited-for children have been scheduled in kernel mode,
measured in clock ticks (divide by
.IR sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK) .
.TP
-\fIpriority\fP %ld
+(18) \fIpriority\fP %ld
(Explanation for Linux 2.6)
For processes running a real-time scheduling policy
.RI ( policy
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@
the scheduler weighting given to this process.
.\" And back in kernel 1.2 days things were different again.
.TP
-\fInice\fP %ld
+(19) \fInice\fP %ld
The nice value (see
.BR setpriority (2)),
a value in the range 19 (low priority) to \-20 (high priority).
@@ -730,81 +730,81 @@
.\" \fItimeout\fP %u
.\" The time in jiffies of the process's next timeout.
.\" timeout was removed sometime around 2.1/2.2
-\fInum_threads\fP %ld
+(20) \fInum_threads\fP %ld
Number of threads in this process (since Linux 2.6).
Before kernel 2.6, this field was hard coded to 0 as a placeholder
for an earlier removed field.
.TP
.\" field 21
-\fIitrealvalue\fP %ld
+(21) \fIitrealvalue\fP %ld
The time in jiffies before the next
.B SIGALRM
is sent to the process due to an interval timer.
Since kernel 2.6.17, this field is no longer maintained,
and is hard coded as 0.
.TP
-\fIstarttime\fP %llu (was %lu before Linux 2.6)
+(22) \fIstarttime\fP %llu (was %lu before Linux 2.6)
The time in jiffies the process started after system boot.
.TP
-\fIvsize\fP %lu
+(23) \fIvsize\fP %lu
Virtual memory size in bytes.
.TP
-\fIrss\fP %ld
+(24) \fIrss\fP %ld
Resident Set Size: number of pages the process has in real memory.
This is just the pages which
count towards text, data, or stack space.
This does not include pages
which have not been demand-loaded in, or which are swapped out.
.TP
-\fIrsslim\fP %lu
+(25) \fIrsslim\fP %lu
Current soft limit in bytes on the rss of the process;
see the description of
.B RLIMIT_RSS
in
.BR getpriority (2).
.TP
-\fIstartcode\fP %lu
+(26) \fIstartcode\fP %lu
The address above which program text can run.
.TP
-\fIendcode\fP %lu
+(27) \fIendcode\fP %lu
The address below which program text can run.
.TP
-\fIstartstack\fP %lu
+(28) \fIstartstack\fP %lu
The address of the start (i.e., bottom) of the stack.
.TP
-\fIkstkesp\fP %lu
+(29) \fIkstkesp\fP %lu
The current value of ESP (stack pointer), as found in the
kernel stack page for the process.
.TP
-\fIkstkeip\fP %lu
+(30) \fIkstkeip\fP %lu
The current EIP (instruction pointer).
.TP
.\" field 31
-\fIsignal\fP %lu
+(31) \fIsignal\fP %lu
The bitmap of pending signals, displayed as a decimal number.
Obsolete, because it does not provide information on real-time signals; use
.I /proc/[pid]/status
instead.
.TP
-\fIblocked\fP %lu
+(32) \fIblocked\fP %lu
The bitmap of blocked signals, displayed as a decimal number.
Obsolete, because it does not provide information on real-time signals; use
.I /proc/[pid]/status
instead.
.TP
-\fIsigignore\fP %lu
+(33) \fIsigignore\fP %lu
The bitmap of ignored signals, displayed as a decimal number.
Obsolete, because it does not provide information on real-time signals; use
.I /proc/[pid]/status
instead.
.TP
-\fIsigcatch\fP %lu
+(34) \fIsigcatch\fP %lu
The bitmap of caught signals, displayed as a decimal number.
Obsolete, because it does not provide information on real-time signals; use
.I /proc/[pid]/status
instead.
.TP
-\fIwchan\fP %lu
+(35) \fIwchan\fP %lu
This is the "channel" in which the process is waiting.
It is the
address of a system call, and can be looked up in a namelist if you
@@ -814,42 +814,42 @@
then
try \fIps \-l\fP to see the WCHAN field in action.)
.TP
-\fInswap\fP %lu
+(36) \fInswap\fP %lu
.\" nswap was added in 2.0
Number of pages swapped (not maintained).
.TP
-\fIcnswap\fP %lu
+(37) \fIcnswap\fP %lu
.\" cnswap was added in 2.0
Cumulative \fInswap\fP for child processes (not maintained).
.TP
-\fIexit_signal\fP %d (since Linux 2.1.22)
+(38) \fIexit_signal\fP %d (since Linux 2.1.22)
Signal to be sent to parent when we die.
.TP
-\fIprocessor\fP %d (since Linux 2.2.8)
+(39) \fIprocessor\fP %d (since Linux 2.2.8)
CPU number last executed on.
.TP
-\fIrt_priority\fP %u (since Linux 2.5.19; was %lu before Linux 2.6.22)
+(40) \fIrt_priority\fP %u (since Linux 2.5.19; was %lu before Linux 2.6.22)
Real-time scheduling priority, a number in the range 1 to 99 for
processes scheduled under a real-time policy,
or 0, for non-real-time processes (see
.BR sched_setscheduler (2)).
.TP
.\" field 41
-\fIpolicy\fP %u (since Linux 2.5.19; was %lu before Linux 2.6.22)
+(41) \fIpolicy\fP %u (since Linux 2.5.19; was %lu before Linux 2.6.22)
Scheduling policy (see
.BR sched_setscheduler (2)).
Decode using the SCHED_* constants in
.IR linux/sched.h .
.TP
-\fIdelayacct_blkio_ticks\fP %llu (since Linux 2.6.18)
+(42) \fIdelayacct_blkio_ticks\fP %llu (since Linux 2.6.18)
Aggregated block I/O delays, measured in clock ticks (centiseconds).
.TP
-\fIguest_time\fP %lu (since Linux 2.6.24)
+(43) \fIguest_time\fP %lu (since Linux 2.6.24)
Guest time of the process (time spent running a virtual CPU
for a guest operating system), measured in clock ticks (divide by
.IR sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK) .
.TP
-\fIcguest_time\fP %ld (since Linux 2.6.24)
+(44) \fIcguest_time\fP %ld (since Linux 2.6.24)
Guest time of the process's children, measured in clock ticks (divide by
.IR sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK) .
.RE
@@ -860,17 +860,17 @@
.in +4n
.nf
-size total program size
- (same as VmSize in \fI/proc/[pid]/status\fP)
-resident resident set size
- (same as VmRSS in \fI/proc/[pid]/status\fP)
-share shared pages (from shared mappings)
-text text (code)
+(1) size total program size
+ (same as VmSize in \fI/proc/[pid]/status\fP)
+(2) resident resident set size
+ (same as VmRSS in \fI/proc/[pid]/status\fP)
+(3) share shared pages (from shared mappings)
+(4) text text (code)
.\" (not including libs; broken, includes data segment)
-lib library (unused in Linux 2.6)
-data data + stack
+(5) lib library (unused in Linux 2.6)
+(6) data data + stack
.\" (including libs; broken, includes library text)
-dt dirty pages (unused in Linux 2.6)
+(7) dt dirty pages (unused in Linux 2.6)
.fi
.in
.TP
@@ -1195,16 +1195,16 @@
.in +4n
.nf
-cache buffer size in KB
-capacity number of sectors
-driver driver version
-geometry physical and logical geometry
-identify in hexadecimal
-media media type
-model manufacturer's model number
-settings drive settings
-smart_thresholds in hexadecimal
-smart_values in hexadecimal
+(1) cache buffer size in KB
+(2) capacity number of sectors
+(3) driver driver version
+(4) geometry physical and logical geometry
+(5) identify in hexadecimal
+(6) media media type
+(7) model manufacturer's model number
+(8) settings drive settings
+(9) smart_thresholds in hexadecimal
+(10) smart_values in hexadecimal
.fi
.in
@@ -1606,13 +1606,13 @@
.in +4n
.nf
-cache-name
-num-active-objs
-total-objs
-object-size
-num-active-slabs
-total-slabs
-num-pages-per-slab
+(1) cache-name
+(2) num-active-objs
+(3) total-objs
+(4) object-size
+(5) num-active-slabs
+(6) total-slabs
+(7) num-pages-per-slab
.fi
.in
@@ -1633,8 +1633,8 @@
.IR sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK)
to obtain the right value),
.\" 1024 on Alpha and ia64
-that the system spent in user mode,
-user mode with low priority (nice), system mode, and the
+that the system spent in (1) user mode,
+(2) user mode with low priority (nice), (3) system mode, and (4) the
idle task, respectively.
.\" FIXME Actually, the following info about the /proc/stat 'cpu' field
.\" does not seem to be quite right (at least in 2.6.12)
@@ -1642,19 +1642,24 @@
second entry in the uptime pseudo-file.
In Linux 2.6 this line includes three additional columns:
+(5)
.I iowait
\- time waiting for I/O to complete (since 2.5.41);
+(6)
.I irq
\- time servicing interrupts (since 2.6.0-test4);
+(7)
.I softirq
\- time servicing softirqs (since 2.6.0-test4).
Since Linux 2.6.11, there is an eighth column,
+(8)
.I steal
\- stolen time, which is the time spent in other operating systems when
running in a virtualized environment
Since Linux 2.6.24, there is a ninth column,
+(9)
.IR guest ,
which is the time spent running a virtual CPU for guest
operating systems under the control of the Linux kernel.
@@ -1756,18 +1761,22 @@
(pages requested by system) and two dummy values.
.RS
.IP * 2
+(1)
.I nr_dentry
is the number of allocated dentries (dcache entries).
This field is unused in Linux 2.2.
.IP *
+(2)
.I nr_unused
is the number of unused dentries.
.IP *
+(3)
.I age_limit
.\" looks like this is unused in kernels 2.2 to 2.6
is the age in seconds after which dcache entries
can be reclaimed when memory is short.
.IP *
+(4)
.I want_pages
.\" looks like this is unused in kernels 2.2 to 2.6
is non-zero when the kernel has called shrink_dcache_pages() and the
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