acctcom(1M)acctcom(1M)NAMEacctcom - search and print process accounting files
SYNOPSIS
[[option]... [file]] ...
DESCRIPTION
The command reads file, standard input, or in the form described in
acct(4) and writes selected records to standard output. Each record
represents the execution of one process. The output has the following
column titles:
Option‐
ally,
the
fol‐
low‐
ing
can
be
dis‐
played:
flag: for
with‐
out
Sys‐
tem
exit
sta‐
tus
Total
blocks
read
and
writ‐
ten
PRM
process
resource
group
ID
The
com‐
mand
name
is
pre‐
ceded
by
a
if
a
priv‐
i‐
leged
user
is
required
to
exe‐
cute
the
com‐
mand.
For
exam‐
ple,
if
a
user
is
logged
in
as
and
exe‐
cutes
the
com‐
mand
to
check
the
time,
this
does
not
require
a
priv‐
i‐
leged
user,
and
will
be
shown
by
with‐
out
the
char‐
ac‐
ter
on
the
line.
If
the
user
exe‐
cutes
the
com‐
mand
to
set
the
time,
this
requires
a
priv‐
i‐
leged
user,
and
so
will
be
marked
with
a
by
If
a
process
is
not
asso‐
ci‐
ated
with
a
known
ter‐
mi‐
nal,
a
is
printed
in
the
field.
The
sys‐
tem
exit
sta‐
tus
is
if
the
process
ter‐
mi‐
nated
by
call‐
ing
If
it
is
not
it
is
the
sig‐
nal
num‐
ber
that
caused
the
process
to
ter‐
mi‐
nate.
If
a
core
file
image
was
pro‐
duced
as
a
result
of
the
sig‐
nal
(see
sig‐
nal(5)),
the
value
is
the
sig‐
nal
num‐
ber
plus
If
no
files
are
spec‐
i‐
fied,
and
if
stan‐
dard
input
is
asso‐
ci‐
ated
with
a
ter‐
mi‐
nal
or
(as
is
the
case
when
using
in
a
shell),
reads
Oth‐
er‐
wise,
it
reads
stan‐
dard
input.
If
any
file
argu‐
ments
are
given,
they
are
read
in
their
respec‐
tive
order.
Each
file
is
nor‐
mally
read
for‐
ward,
that
is,
in
chrono‐
log‐
i‐
cal
order
by
process-
com‐
ple‐
tion
time.
The
file
is
usu‐
ally
the
cur‐
rent
file
to
be
exam‐
ined.
A
busy
sys‐
tem
may
need
sev‐
eral
such
files
of
which
all
but
the
cur‐
rent
file
are
found
in
Options
rec‐
og‐
nizes
the
fol‐
low‐
ing
val‐
ues
for
the
option
argu‐
ment.
List‐
ing
options
together
has
the
effect
of
a
log‐
i‐
cal
AND.
Show
some
aver‐
age
sta‐
tis‐
tics
about
the
pro‐
cesses
selected. Sta‐
tis‐
tics
are
printed
after
the
out‐
put
records.
Read
back‐
wards,
show‐
ing
lat‐
est
com‐
mands
first. This
option
has
no
effect
when
stan‐
dard
input
is
read.
Print
in
octal
the flag
and
sys‐
tem
exit
sta‐
tus
col‐
umns
in
the
out‐
put.
Instead
of
mean
mem‐
ory
size, show
the
frac‐
tion
of
total
avail‐
able
CPU
time
con‐
sumed
by
the
process
dur‐
ing
its
exe‐
cu‐
tion.
This
is
com‐
puted
as:
Print
col‐
umns
con‐
tain‐
ing
the
I/O
counts
in
the
out‐
put.
Instead
of
mem‐
ory
size,
show
total
kcore-
min‐
utes.
Show
mean
core
size
(the
default).
Show
the
PRM
process
resource
group
ID of
each
process.
See
DEPEN‐
DEN‐
CIES.
Show
CPU
fac‐
tor:
Show
sep‐
a‐
rate
sys‐
tem
and
user
CPU
times.
Exclude
col‐
umn
head‐
ings
from
the
out‐
put.
Show
only
pro‐
cesses
belong‐
ing
to
ter‐
mi‐
nal
Show
only
pro‐
cesses
belong‐
ing
to user,
spec‐
i‐
fied
as:
a
user
ID,
a
login
name
that
is
then
con‐
verted
to
a
user
ID,
a
which
des‐
ig‐
nates
only
those
pro‐
cesses
exe‐
cuted
by
a
priv‐
i‐
leged
user,
or
which
des‐
ig‐
nates
only
those
pro‐
cesses
asso‐
ci‐
ated
with
unknown
user
IDs.
The
and
char‐
ac‐
ters
should
be
pre‐
ceded
by
a
back‐
slash
and
typed
as
and
to
pre‐
vent
the
shell
from
inter‐
pret‐
ing
the
as
the
start
of
a
com‐
ment,
or
the
as
a
pat‐
tern.
Show
only
pro‐
cesses
belong‐
ing
to group,
spec‐
i‐
fied
as
either
the
group
ID
or
group
name.
Select
pro‐
cesses
exist‐
ing
at
or
after time,
given
in
the
for‐
mat:
Select
pro‐
cesses
exist‐
ing
at
or
before time;
see
Using
the
same
time
for
both
and
shows
the
pro‐
cesses
that
existed
at
time;
see
Select
pro‐
cesses
start‐
ing
at
or
after time;
see
Select
pro‐
cesses
end‐
ing
at
or
before time;
see
Show
only
com‐
mands
match‐
ing pat‐
tern,
where
pat‐
tern
is
a
reg‐
u‐
lar
expres‐
sion
as
in
ed(1)
except
that
means
one
or
more
occur‐
rences.
Do
not
print
any
out‐
put
records. Just
print
the
aver‐
age
sta‐
tis‐
tics
as
with
the
option.
Copy
selected
process
records
in
the
input
data
for‐
mat
to ofile.
Sup‐
press
stan‐
dard
out‐
put
print‐
ing.
Show
only
pro‐
cesses
that
exceed fac‐
tor,
where
fac‐
tor
is
the
"hog
fac‐
tor"
as
explained
in
option
Show
only
those
pro‐
cesses
with
oper‐
at‐
ing
sys‐
tem
CPU
time
exceed‐
ing time;
see
Show
only
pro‐
cesses
with
total
CPU
time,
sys‐
tem
plus
user,
exceed‐
ing sec
sec‐
onds.
Show
only
pro‐
cesses
trans‐
fer‐
ring
more
char‐
ac‐
ters than
the
cut-
off
num‐
ber
given
by
chars.
Show
only
pro‐
cesses
belong‐
ing
to
process
resource
group prm‐
group,
spec‐
i‐
fied
as
either
process
resource
group
name
or
ID
num‐
ber.
See
DEPEN‐
DEN‐
CIES.
WARN‐
INGS
only
reports
on
pro‐
cesses
that
have
ter‐
mi‐
nated.
For
active
pro‐
cesses,
use
the
com‐
mand
(see
ps(1)).
If
time
exceeds
the
cur‐
rent
sys‐
tem
clock
time,
time
is
inter‐
preted
as
occur‐
ring
on
the
pre‐
vi‐
ous
day.
The
account‐
ing
flag
is
not
cleared
when
one
pro‐
cesses
exec's
another,
but
only
when
one
process
forks
another.
One
side-
effect
of
this
is
that
some
pro‐
cesses
will
be
marked
with
when
users
do
not
expect
them
to
be.
For
exam‐
ple,
the
com‐
mand
requires
a
priv‐
i‐
leged
user
to
assume
the
iden‐
tity
of
the
user
who
is
log‐
ging-
in,
set‐
ting
the
ASU
bit
in
the
account‐
ing
flag
(which
ulti‐
mately
causes
the
sym‐
bol
in
the
out‐
put).
After
assum‐
ing
the
user's
iden‐
tity,
exec's
the
user's
shell.
Since
the
exec
does
not
clear
the
ASU
flag,
the
shell
will
inherit
it,
and
be
marked
with
a
in
the
out‐
put.
The
mean
mem‐
ory
size
may
over‐
flow
for
val‐
ues
greater
than
DEPEN‐
DEN‐
CIES
HP
Process
Resource
Man‐
ager
The
and
options
require
the
optional
HP
Process
Resource
Man‐
ager
(PRM)
soft‐
ware
to
be
installed
and
con‐
fig‐
ured.
See
prm‐
con‐
fig(1)
for
a
descrip‐
tion
of
how
to
con‐
fig‐
ure
HP
PRM,
and
prm‐
conf(4)
for
the
def‐
i‐
ni‐
tion
of
process
resource
group.
FILESSEE
ALSO
ps(1),
su(1),
acct(1M),
acctcms(1M),
acct‐
con(1M),
acct‐
merg(1M),
acct‐
prc(1M),
acctsh(1M),
fwtmp(1M),
runacct(1M),
acct(2),
wait(2),
acct(4),
utmp(4),
sig‐
nal(5).
HP
Process
Resource
Man‐
ager:
prm‐
con‐
fig(1),
prm‐
conf(4)
in
STAN‐
DARDS
CON‐
FOR‐
MANCE
acctcom(1M)