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/usr/bin/tracee

Linux runtime security and forensics tool using eBPF

From tracee 0.24.1-r13 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running tracee --help (exit 0). permalink

Also provided by 1 other package version
Tracee uses eBPF technology to tap into your system and give you
access to hundreds of events that help you understand how your system behaves.

Usage:
  tracee [flags]
  tracee [command]

Available Commands:
  analyze     Analyze past events with signature events [Experimental]
  completion  Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
  list        List traceable events
  man         Open manual pages for tracee flags and events
  version     Print the version number of Tracee

Flags:
  -h, --help
  -s, --scope stringArray            [uid|comm|container...]		Select workloads to trace by defining filter expressions
  -e, --events stringArray           [name|name.data.pathname...]	Select events to trace and event filters
  -p, --policy stringArray           [file|dir]				Path to a policy or directory with policies
  -o, --output stringArray           [json|none|webhook...]		Control how and where output is printed (default [table])
  -c, --capture stringArray          [write|exec|network...]		Capture artifacts that were written, executed or found to be suspicious
      --config string                <file>				Global config file (yaml, json between others - see documentation)
      --containers stringArray       Configure container enrichment and runtime sockets for container events enrichment (see documentation)
      --signatures-dir stringArray   <dir>				Directories where to search for signatures in Go plugin (.so) format
  -b, --perf-buffer-size int         <size>				Size, in pages, of the internal perf ring buffer used to submit events from the kernel (default 1024)
      --blob-perf-buffer-size int    <size>				Size, in pages, of the internal perf ring buffer used to send blobs from the kernel (default 1024)
      --pipeline-channel-size int    <size>				Size, in event objects, of each pipeline stage's output channel (default 1000)
  -t, --proctree stringArray         [source=[events|signals|both]...]	Control process tree options (default [source=none])
      --dnscache stringArray         					Enable DNS Cache (default [none])
      --server stringArray           Configure server options and endpoints. Examples: http-address=:3366, grpc-address=unix:/var/run/tracee.sock, grpc (defaults to unix:/var/run/tracee.sock), metrics, healthz, pprof, pyroscope
  -C, --capabilities stringArray     [bypass|add|drop]			Define capabilities for tracee to run with
      --install-path string          <dir>				Path where tracee will install or lookup it's resources (default "/tmp/tracee")
  -l, --log stringArray              [debug|info|warn...]		Logger options (default [info])

Additional help topics:
  tracee

Use "tracee [command] --help" for more information about a command.
Options (18)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, --helphelp
-s, --scope stringArray[uid|comm|container...] Select workloads to trace by defining filter expressionshelp
-e, --events stringArray[name|name.data.pathname...] Select events to trace and event filtershelp
-p, --policy stringArray[file|dir] Path to a policy or directory with policieshelp
-o, --output stringArray[json|none|webhook...] Control how and where output is printed (default [table])help
-c, --capture stringArray[write|exec|network...] Capture artifacts that were written, executed or found to be suspicioushelp
--config string<file> Global config file (yaml, json between others - see documentation)help
--containers stringArrayConfigure container enrichment and runtime sockets for container events enrichment (see documentation)help
--signatures-dir stringArray<dir> Directories where to search for signatures in Go plugin (.so) formathelp
-b, --perf-buffer-size int<size> Size, in pages, of the internal perf ring buffer used to submit events from the kernel (default 1024)help
--blob-perf-buffer-size int<size> Size, in pages, of the internal perf ring buffer used to send blobs from the kernel (default 1024)help
--pipeline-channel-size int<size> Size, in event objects, of each pipeline stage's output channel (default 1000)help
-t, --proctree stringArray[source=[events|signals|both]...] Control process tree options (default [source=none])help
--dnscache stringArrayEnable DNS Cache (default [none])help
--server stringArrayConfigure server options and endpoints.help
-C, --capabilities stringArray[bypass|add|drop] Define capabilities for tracee to run withhelp
--install-path string<dir> Path where tracee will install or lookup it's resources (default "/tmp/tracee")help
-l, --log stringArray[debug|info|warn...] Logger options (default [info])help

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