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/usr/bin/getpcaps

various utilities included with libcap

From libcap-utils 2.78-r4 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running getpcaps --help (exit 0). permalink

usage: getpcaps [opts] <pid> [<pid> ...]

  This program displays the capabilities on the queried process(es).
  The capabilities are displayed in the cap_from_text(3) format.

  Optional arguments:
     --help, -h or --usage display this message.
     --verbose             use a more verbose output format.
     --ugly or --legacy    use the archaic legacy output format.
     --iab                 show IAB of process too.
     --license             display license info
Options (5)
OptionDescriptionSource
--verboseDisplays usage in a legacy-like format but not quite so ugly in modern default terminal fonts.help + man
--ugly, --legacyDisplays output in a somewhat ugly legacy format.help + man
--iabDisplays IAB tuple capabilities from the process.help + man
--licensedisplay license infohelp
--help, --usageDisplays usage information and exits. (in the manual page but not in --help)man

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.