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/usr/bin/slabtop

utilities for monitor processes on a system

From procps 4.0.7-r3 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running slabtop --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage:
 slabtop [options]

Options:
 -d, --delay <secs>  delay updates
 -o, --once          only display once, then exit
 --human             show human-readable output
 -s, --sort <char>   specify sort criteria by character (see below)

 -h, --help     display this help and exit
 -V, --version  output version information and exit

The following are valid sort criteria:
 a: sort by number of active objects
 b: sort by objects per slab
 c: sort by cache size
 l: sort by number of slabs
 v: sort by (non display) number of active slabs
 n: sort by name
 o: sort by number of objects (the default)
 p: sort by (non display) pages per slab
 s: sort by object size
 u: sort by cache utilization

For more details see slabtop(1).
Options (6)
OptionDescriptionSource
-d, --delay secsRefresh the display every n in seconds.help + man
-o, --onceDisplay the output once and then exit.help + man
--humanShow slab sizes automatically scaled to shortest three digit unit and display the units of print out.help + man
-s, --sort charSort by S, where S is one of the sort criteria.help + man
-h, --helpDisplay usage information and exit.help + man
-V, --versionDisplay version information and exit.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.