psrecord is a small utility that uses the psutil library to record the CPU and memory activity of a process.
The package is still under development and is therefore experimental.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Record the CPU and memory activity of an existing process to a file
- Make a plot of the activity.
- Specify a maximum duration in seconds.
- Set the time between samples in seconds.
- Option to include sub-processes in the CPU and memory stats.
Website: github.com/astrofrog/psrecord
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Developer: Thomas P. Robitaille
License: BSD 2-Clause “Simplified” License
psrecord is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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|---|---|
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| smem2 | Reports on memory usage on Linux systems |
| process-mem | Display memory used by processes |
| process-map | Visualize the virtual memory of a process |
| Smemstat | Reports the physical memory usage |
| mstat | Measure memory usage of a program over time |
| alram | Helps when available memory is below threshold, with optional task killer |
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