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MPSTAT(1)                     Linux User's Manual                    MPSTAT(1)

NAME
       mpstat - Report processors related statistics.

SYNOPSIS
       mpstat  [ -A ] [ --dec={ 0 | 1 | 2 } ] [ -n ] [ -u ] [ -V ] [ -I { key-
       word [,...] | ALL } ] [ -N { node_list | ALL } ] [ -o JSON  ]  [  -P  {
       cpu_list | ALL } ] [ interval [ count ] ]

DESCRIPTION
       The mpstat command writes to standard output activities for each avail-
       able processor, processor 0 being the first one.  Global average activ-
       ities  among  all processors are also reported.  The mpstat command can
       be used both on SMP and UP machines, but in the latter, only global av-
       erage  activities  will  be  printed. If no activity has been selected,
       then the default report is the CPU utilization report.

       The interval parameter specifies the amount of time in seconds  between
       each  report.   A  value  of 0 (or no parameters at all) indicates that
       processors statistics are to be reported  for  the  time  since  system
       startup  (boot).   The  count parameter can be specified in conjunction
       with the interval parameter if this one is not set to zero.  The  value
       of count determines the number of reports generated at interval seconds
       apart. If the interval parameter is specified without the count parame-
       ter, the mpstat command generates reports continuously.

OPTIONS
       -A     This  option  is equivalent to specifying -n -u -I ALL -N ALL -P
              ALL

       --dec={ 0 | 1 | 2 }
              Specify the number of decimal places to use  (0  to  2,  default
              value is 2).

       -I { keyword [,...] | ALL }
              Report interrupts statistics.

              Possible keywords are CPU, SCPU, and SUM.

              With  the  CPU  keyword, the number of each individual interrupt
              received per second by the CPU or CPUs is displayed.  Interrupts
              are those listed in /proc/interrupts file.

              With  the  SCPU  keyword, the number of each individual software
              interrupt received per second by the CPU or CPUs  is  displayed.
              This  option  works only with kernels 2.6.31 and later. Software
              interrupts are those listed in /proc/softirqs file.

              With the SUM keyword, the mpstat command reports the total  num-
              ber  of interrupts per processor.  The following values are dis-
              played:

              CPU
                     Processor number. The keyword all indicates that  statis-
                     tics are calculated as averages among all processors.

              intr/s
                     Show  the  total number of interrupts received per second
                     by the CPU or CPUs.

              The ALL keyword is equivalent to  specifying  all  the  keywords
              above and therefore all the interrupts statistics are displayed.

       -N { node_list | ALL }
              Indicate the NUMA nodes for which statistics are to be reported.
              node_list is a list of comma-separated values or range of values
              (e.g.,  0,2,4-7,12-).   Note that node all is the global average
              among all nodes. The ALL keyword indicates that  statistics  are
              to be reported for all nodes.

       -n     Report  summary CPU statistics based on NUMA node placement. The
              following values are displayed:

              NODE
                     Node number. The keyword all  indicates  that  statistics
                     are calculated as averages among all nodes.

              All the other fields are the same as those displayed with option
              -u (see below).

       -o JSON
              Display the statistics in JSON (Javascript Object Notation) for-
              mat.   JSON  output field order is undefined, and new fields may
              be added in the future.

       -P { cpu_list | ALL }
              Indicate the processors for which statistics are to be reported.
              cpu_list  is a list of comma-separated values or range of values
              (e.g., 0,2,4-7,12-).  Note that processor 0 is the first proces-
              sor,  and  processor all is the global average among all proces-
              sors.  The ALL keyword indicates that statistics are to  be  re-
              ported  for  all  processors.   Offline  processors are not dis-
              played.

       -u     Report CPU utilization. The following values are displayed:

              CPU
                     Processor number. The keyword all indicates that  statis-
                     tics are calculated as averages among all processors.

              %usr
                     Show  the  percentage  of  CPU  utilization that occurred
                     while executing at the user level (application).

              %nice
                     Show the percentage  of  CPU  utilization  that  occurred
                     while executing at the user level with nice priority.

              %sys
                     Show  the  percentage  of  CPU  utilization that occurred
                     while executing at the system level (kernel).  Note  that
                     this  does  not include time spent servicing hardware and
                     software interrupts.

              %iowait
                     Show the percentage of time that the  CPU  or  CPUs  were
                     idle  during which the system had an outstanding disk I/O
                     request.

              %irq
                     Show the percentage of time spent by the CPU or  CPUs  to
                     service hardware interrupts.

              %soft
                     Show  the  percentage of time spent by the CPU or CPUs to
                     service software interrupts.

              %steal
                     Show the percentage of time spent in involuntary wait  by
                     the  virtual CPU or CPUs while the hypervisor was servic-
                     ing another virtual processor.

              %guest
                     Show the percentage of time spent by the CPU or  CPUs  to
                     run a virtual processor.

              %gnice
                     Show  the  percentage of time spent by the CPU or CPUs to
                     run a niced guest.

              %idle
                     Show the percentage of time that the  CPU  or  CPUs  were
                     idle  and the system did not have an outstanding disk I/O
                     request.

       -V     Print version number then exit.

ENVIRONMENT
       The mpstat command takes into account the following  environment  vari-
       able:

       S_COLORS
              When  this  variable  is set, display statistics in color on the
              terminal.  Possible values for this variable are  never,  always
              or auto (the latter is the default).

              Please  note  that  the  color (being red, yellow, or some other
              color) used to display a value is not indicative of any kind  of
              issue  simply  because of the color. It only indicates different
              ranges of values.

       S_COLORS_SGR
              Specify the colors and other attributes used to display  statis-
              tics  on  the  terminal.  Its value is a colon-separated list of
              capabilities            that             defaults             to
              H=31;1:I=32;22:M=35;1:N=34;1:Z=34;22.    Supported  capabilities
              are:

              H=     SGR (Select Graphic Rendition) substring  for  percentage
                     values greater than or equal to 75%.

              I=     SGR substring for CPU number.

              M=     SGR substring for percentage values in the range from 50%
                     to 75%.

              N=     SGR substring for non-zero statistics values.

              Z=     SGR substring for zero values.

       S_TIME_FORMAT
              If this variable exists and its value is ISO  then  the  current
              locale  will  be  ignored  when  printing the date in the report
              header.  The mpstat command will use the ISO 8601 format  (YYYY-
              MM-DD)  instead.   The timestamp will also be compliant with ISO
              8601 format.

EXAMPLES
       mpstat 2 5
              Display five reports of global statistics among  all  processors
              at two second intervals.

       mpstat -P ALL 2 5
              Display  five  reports  of  statistics for all processors at two
              second intervals.

BUGS
       /proc filesystem must be mounted for the mpstat command to work.

FILES
       /proc contains various files with system statistics.

AUTHOR
       Sebastien Godard (sysstat <at> orange.fr)

SEE ALSO
       sar(1), pidstat(1), iostat(1), vmstat(8)

       https://github.com/sysstat/sysstat

       http://pagesperso-orange.fr/sebastien.godard/

Linux                              JULY 2018                         MPSTAT(1)

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