/usr/bin/sar --help — Chainguard OS Manuals

From sysstat 12.8.0-r0 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running sar --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage: /usr/bin/sar [ options ] [ <interval> [ <count> ] ]
Main options and reports (report name between square brackets):
	-B	Paging statistics [A_PAGE]
	-b	I/O and transfer rate statistics [A_IO]
	-d	Block devices statistics [A_DISK]
	-F [ MOUNT ]
		Filesystems statistics [A_FS]
	-H	Hugepages utilization statistics [A_HUGE]
	-I [ SUM | ALL ]
		Interrupts statistics [A_IRQ]
	-m { <keyword> [,...] | ALL }
		Power management statistics [A_PWR_...]
		Keywords are:
		BAT	Batteries capacity
		CPU	CPU instantaneous clock frequency
		FAN	Fans speed
		FREQ	CPU average clock frequency
		IN	Voltage inputs
		TEMP	Devices temperature
		USB	USB devices plugged into the system
	-n { <keyword> [,...] | ALL }
		Network statistics [A_NET_...]
		Keywords are:
		DEV	Network interfaces
		EDEV	Network interfaces (errors)
		NFS	NFS client
		NFSD	NFS server
		SOCK	Sockets	(v4)
		IP	IP traffic	(v4)
		EIP	IP traffic	(v4) (errors)
		ICMP	ICMP traffic	(v4)
		EICMP	ICMP traffic	(v4) (errors)
		TCP	TCP traffic	(v4)
		ETCP	TCP traffic	(v4) (errors)
		UDP	UDP traffic	(v4)
		SOCK6	Sockets	(v6)
		IP6	IP traffic	(v6)
		EIP6	IP traffic	(v6) (errors)
		ICMP6	ICMP traffic	(v6)
		EICMP6	ICMP traffic	(v6) (errors)
		UDP6	UDP traffic	(v6)
		FC	Fibre channel HBAs
		SOFT	Software-based network processing
	-q [ <keyword> [,...] | PSI | ALL ]
		System load and pressure-stall statistics
		Keywords are:
		LOAD	Queue length and load average statistics [A_QUEUE]
		CPU	Pressure-stall CPU statistics [A_PSI_CPU]
		IO	Pressure-stall I/O statistics [A_PSI_IO]
		MEM	Pressure-stall memory statistics [A_PSI_MEM]
	-r [ ALL ]
		Memory utilization statistics [A_MEMORY]
	-S	Swap space utilization statistics [A_MEMORY]
	-u [ ALL ]
		CPU utilization statistics [A_CPU]
	-v	Kernel tables statistics [A_KTABLES]
	-W	Swapping statistics [A_SWAP]
	-w	Task creation and system switching statistics [A_PCSW]
	-y	TTY devices statistics [A_SERIAL]

Options (29)

Option	Description	Source
`-B`	Paging statistics [A_PAGE]	help + man
`-b`	Report I/O and transfer rate statistics.	help + man
`-d`	Report activity for each block device.	help + man
`-H`	Hugepages utilization statistics [A_HUGE]	help + man
`-S`	Swap space utilization statistics [A_MEMORY]	help + man
`-v`	Report status of inode, file and other kernel tables.	help + man
`-W`	Swapping statistics [A_SWAP]	help + man
`-w`	Task creation and system switching statistics [A_PCSW]	help + man
`-y`	TTY devices statistics [A_SERIAL]	help + man
`-A`	This is equivalent to specifying -bBdFHISvwWy -m ALL -n ALL -q ALL -r ALL -u ALL. (in the manual page but not in --help)	man
`-C`	When reading data from a file, tell sar to display comments that have been inserted by sadc. (in the manual page but not in --help)	man
`-D`	Use saYYYYMMDD instead of saDD as the standard system activity daily data file name. (in the manual page but not in --help)	man
`--dec`	Specify the number of decimal places to use (0 to 2, default value is 2). (in the manual page but not in --help)	man
`--dev` dev_list	Specify the block devices for which statistics are to be displayed by sar. (in the manual page but not in --help)	man
`--fs` fs_list	Specify the filesystems for which statistics are to be displayed by sar. (in the manual page but not in --help)	man
`-h`	This option is equivalent to specifying --pretty --human. (in the manual page but not in --help)	man
`--help`	Display a short help message then exit. (in the manual page but not in --help)	man
`--human`	Print sizes in human readable format (e.g. 1.0k, 1.2M, etc.) The units displayed with this option supersede any other default units (e.g. kibibytes, sectors...) associated with the metrics. (in the manual page but not in --help)	man
`-i` interval	Select data records at seconds as close as possible to the number specified by the interval parameter. (in the manual page but not in --help)	man
`--iface` iface_list	Specify the network interfaces for which statistics are to be displayed by sar. (in the manual page but not in --help)	man
`--int` int_list	Specify the interrupts names for which statistics are to be displayed by sar. (in the manual page but not in --help)	man
`-j`	Display persistent device names. (in the manual page but not in --help)	man
`-P`	Report per-processor statistics for the specified processor or processors. (in the manual page but not in --help)	man
`-p, --pretty`	Make reports easier to read by a human. (in the manual page but not in --help)	man
`--sadc`	Indicate which data collector is called by sar. (in the manual page but not in --help)	man
`-t`	When reading data from a daily data file, indicate that sar should display the timestamps in the original local time of the data file creator. (in the manual page but not in --help)	man
`-V`	Print version number then exit. (in the manual page but not in --help)	man
`-x`	Extended reports: Display minimum and maximum values in addition to average ones at the end of the report. (in the manual page but not in --help)	man
`-z`	Tell sar to omit output for any devices for which there was no activity during the sample period. (in the manual page but not in --help)	man

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