Command-line tool

strace

brew/strace

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Diagnostic, instructional, and debugging tool for the Linux kernel

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Linux

brew install strace

Start tracing a specific process by its PID

sudo strace -p process_id

Trace a process and filter output by system call [e]xpression

sudo strace -p process_id -e system_call,system_call2,...

Count time, calls, and errors for each system call and report a summary on program exit

sudo strace -p process_id -c

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