Displays status information about current processes.
Format
SHOW SYSTEM
1 – Qualifiers
1.1 /BATCH
/BATCH (default)
/NOBATCH
Displays all batch jobs for the local system. When used with the
/CLUSTER qualifier, the /BATCH qualifier displays all batch jobs
in the OpenVMS Cluster environment. When you use the /NOBATCH
qualifier, all batch jobs are excluded from the display.
1.2 /CLUSTER
Displays the specified processes on all nodes in an OpenVMS
Cluster.
1.3 /EXACT
Use with the /PAGE=SAVE and /SEARCH qualifiers to specify a
search string that must match the search string exactly and must
be enclosed with quotation marks (" ").
If you specify the /EXACT qualifier without the /SEARCH
qualifier, exact search mode is enabled when you set the search
string with the Find (E1) key.
1.4 /FULL
Displays the user identification code (UIC), the processor type,
and the process size, in addition to the default information. The
UIC is displayed below the process name.
1.5 /GRAND_TOTAL
/GRAND_TOTAL
/NOGRAND_TOTAL (default)
Displays a trailing line with the total of all processes matching
the selection criteria and the total number of all processes on
all systems displayed by the command. (See also /TOTAL.)
1.6 /HEADING
/HEADING
/NOHEADING
Displays a heading line above the system output. When you use
the /NOHEADING qualifier, the heading line is excluded from the
display.
1.7 /IMAGE
Lists all processes with their current image. (Requires WORLD
privilege.)
1.8 /HIGHLIGHT
/HIGHLIGHT[=keyword]
Use with the /PAGE=SAVE and /SEARCH qualifiers to specify the
type of highlighting you want when a search string is found. When
a string is found, the entire line is highlighted. You can use
the following keywords: BOLD, BLINK, REVERSE, and UNDERLINE. BOLD
is the default highlighting.
1.9 /IDENT
/IDENT=pid
Displays all processes on the system that have the specified
process identification (PID) code number.
1.10 /INTERACTIVE
/INTERACTIVE
/NOINTERACTIVE
Displays all interactive processes on the system. When you use
the /NOINTERACTIVE qualifier, all interactive processes are
excluded from the display.
1.11 /MULTITHREAD
Displays all multithreaded processes for the local system.
When used with the /FULL qualifier, the /MULTITHREAD qualifier
displays information about each kernel thread in a multithreaded
process.
For more information on kernel threads, see the VSI OpenVMS
Programming Concepts Manual.
1.12 /NETWORK
/NETWORK
/NONETWORK
Displays all network processes on the system. When you use the
/NONETWORK qualifier, all network processes are excluded from the
display.
1.13 /NODE
/NODE[=(name,...)]
Displays all the processes on the specified node or nodes. If
you enter the /NODE qualifier without a value, the qualifier
displays all the processes on the local node of an OpenVMS
Cluster environment.
1.14 /OUTPUT
/OUTPUT[=filespec]
/NOOUTPUT
Controls where the output of the command is sent. By default,
the output of the SHOW SYSTEM command is sent to the current
SYS$OUTPUT device (usually your terminal). To send the output
to a file, use the /OUTPUT qualifier followed by a file
specification.
The file specification may not include the asterisk (*) and the
percent sign (%) wildcard characters. If you enter a partial
file specification (for example, specifying only a directory),
SHOW is the default file name and .LIS is the default file type.
If you enter the /NOOUTPUT qualifier, output is suppressed.
1.15 /OWNER_UIC
/OWNER_UIC=uic
Displays all processes on the system that have the specified user
identification code (UIC) number.
1.16 /PAGE
/PAGE[=keyword]
/NOPAGE (default)
Controls the display of system information on the screen.
You can use the following keywords with the /PAGE qualifier:
CLEAR_SCREEN Clears the screen before each page is displayed.
SCROLL Displays information one line at a time.
SAVE[=n] Enables screen navigation of information, where n
is the number of pages to store.
The /PAGE=SAVE qualifier allows you to navigate through screens
of information. The /PAGE=SAVE qualifier stores up to 5 screens
of up to 255 columns of information. When you use the /PAGE=SAVE
qualifier, you can use the following keys to navigate through the
information:
Key Sequence Description
Up arrow key, Ctrl/B Scroll up one line.
Down arrow key Scroll down one line.
Left arrow key Scroll left one column.
Right arrow key Scroll right one column.
Find (E1) Specify a string to find when the
information is displayed.
Insert Here (E2) Scroll right one half screen.
Remove (E3) Scroll left one half screen.
Select (E4) Toggle 80/132 column mode.
Prev Screen (E5) Get the previous page of information.
Next Screen (E6), Get the next page of information.
Return, Enter, Space
F10, Ctrl/Z Exit. (Some utilities define these
differently.)
Help (F15) Display utility help text.
Do (F16) Toggle the display to oldest/newest
page.
Ctrl/W Refresh the display.
The /PAGE qualifier is not compatible with the /OUTPUT qualifier.
1.17 /PROCESS
/PROCESS[=name] (default)
/NOPROCESS
Displays all specified processes on the system. If you do not
specify a process name with the /PROCESS qualifier, all processes
are displayed.
When you use the /NOPROCESS qualifier with the /CLUSTER
qualifier, only the node or nodes available on the cluster are
displayed with their respective uptimes and operating system
version.
You can include the asterisk (*) and the percent sign (%)
wildcard characters in the process name.
1.18 /SCHEDULING_CLASS
/SCHEDULING_CLASS[=class_name]
/NOSCHEDULING_CLASS
Displays processes that belong to a specific scheduling class
(class_name). If the class name is not specified, all class
scheduled processes are displayed along with the name of their
scheduling class.
1.19 /SEARCH
/SEARCH="string"
Use with the /PAGE=SAVE qualifier to specify a string that you
want to find in the information being displayed. Quotation marks
are required for the /SEARCH qualifier, if you include spaces in
the text string.
You can also dynamically change the search string by pressing the
Find key (E1) while the information is being displayed. Quotation
marks are not required for a dynamic search.
1.20 /STATE
/STATE=process-state
Displays all processes with the specified process state. You
can include the asterisk (*) and the percent sign (%) wildcard
characters in the process-state name. The following process
states are available:
CEF COLPG COM COMO
CUR FPG HIB HIBO
LEF LEFO MUTEX PFW
PSXFR RWAST RWBRK RWCAP
RWCLU RWCSV RWIMG RWLCK
RWMBX RWMPB RWMPE RWNPG
RWPAG RWPFF RWQUO RWSCS
RWSWP SUSP SUSPO
1.21 /SUBPROCESS
/SUBPROCESS
/NOSUBPROCESS
Displays all subprocesses on the system. When you use the
/NOSUBPROCESS qualifier, all subprocesses are excluded from the
output.
1.22 /TOTAL
/TOTAL
/NOTOTAL (default)
Displays a trailer after the system process list containing the
total number of processes matching the selection criteria and the
total number of processes on a system.
1.23 /WRAP
/WRAP
/NOWRAP (default)
Use with the /PAGE=SAVE qualifier to limit the number of columns
to the width of the screen and to wrap lines that extend beyond
the width of the screen to the next line.
The /NOWRAP qualifier extends lines beyond the width of the
screen and can be seen when you use the scrolling (left and
right) features provided by the /PAGE=SAVE qualifier.
2 – Examples
1.$ SHOW SYSTEM
OpenVMS 7.3 on node KRYPTN 14-DEC-2001 17:45:47:78 Uptime 2 21:53:59
Pid Process Name State Pri I/O CPU Page flts Pages
27400201 SWAPPER HIB 16 0 0 00:29:52.05 0 0
27401E03 DOCBUILD LEF 4 37530 0 00:05:47.62 96421 601
27402604 BATCH_789 LEF 4 3106 0 00:00:48.67 4909 2636 B
27401C05 BATCH_60 LEF 6 248 0 00:00:06.83 1439 1556 B
27400207 ERRFMT HIB 8 6332 0 00:00:41.83 89 229
27400208 CACHE_SERVER HIB 16 2235 0 00:00:05.85 67 202
27400209 CLUSTER_SERVER HIB 8 4625 0 00:22:13.28 157 448
2740020C JOB_CONTROL HIB 10 270920 0 01:07:47.88 5163 1384
2740020D CONFIGURE HIB 9 125 0 00:00:00.53 104 264
.
.
.
27400E8D Sir Lancelot LEF 5 226 0 00:00:07.87 4560 697
2740049A Guenevere LEF 4 160 0 00:00:02.69 534 477
27401EA0 BATCH_523 CUR 4 4 17470 0 03:25:49.67 8128 5616 B
274026AF KING CUR 6 4 14045 0 00:02:03.24 20032 397
274016D5 DAVIS LEF 6 427 0 00:00:09.28 5275 1384
27401ED6 deGroot HIB 5 935 0 00:00:10.17 3029 2204 S
274012D7 BATCH_689 LEF 4 49216 0 00:14:18.36 7021 3470 B
274032D9 DECW$MAIL LEF 4 2626 0 00:00:51.19 4328 3087 B
274018E3 SERVER_0021 LEF 6 519 0 00:00:07.07 1500 389 N
274016E8 NMAIL_0008 HIB 4 10955 0 00:00:55.73 5652 151
274034EA DOERING LEF 4 2132 0 00:00:23.85 5318 452
274022EB KERR CUR 6 4 492 0 00:00:12.15 5181 459
274018EF DUFRESNE LEF 5 121386 0 00:28:00.97 7233 4094
27401AF0 EMACS$RTA43 LEF 4 14727 0 00:03:56.54 8411 4224 S
27400CF4 EAGAN HIB 5 25104 0 00:06:07.76 37407 1923
274020F5 TAN LEF 7 14726 0 00:02:10.74 34262 1669
27400CF6 KELLEY LEF 9 40637 0 00:05:15.63 18454 463
The SHOW SYSTEM command in this example was issued from a VAX system
and shows all processes on the node EON.
The SHOW SYSTEM command in this example displays all processes
on the system.
The information in this example includes the following:
o Process identification (PID) code-A 32-bit binary value that
uniquely identifies a process.
o Process name-A 1 to 15-character string used to identify a
process.
o Process state-The activity level of the process, such as COM
(computing), HIB (hibernation), LEF (local event flag) wait,
or CUR (if the process is current). If a multiprocessing
environment exists, the display shows the CPU ID of the
processor on which any current process is executing.
Note that the SHOW SYSTEM command examines the processes on
the system without stopping activity on the system. In this
example, process information changed during the time that
the SHOW SYSTEM command collected the data to be displayed.
As a result, this display includes two processes, named
KING and KERR, with the state CUR on the same CPU,
CPU ID 6 in the example.
o Current priority -The priority level assigned to the process
(the higher the number, the higher the priority).
o Total process I/O count-The number of I/O operations the
process has used thus far. This consists of both the direct
I/O count and the buffered I/O count.
o Charged CPU time-The amount of CPU time that a process has
used so far.
o Number of page faults-The number of exceptions generated by
references to pages that are not in the process's working
set.
o Pages-The number of CPU-specific pages in physical memory
that the process is currently occupying.
o Process indicator-Letter B indicates a Batch Job; letter
S indicates a Sub Process; letter N indicates a Network
Process. If the letter M precedes B, S, or N, it indicates
that it is a multithreaded process.
o User identification code (UIC)-An 8-digit octal number
assigned to a process. This number is displayed only if
the /FULL qualifier is specified.
2.$ SHOW SYSTEM /CLUSTER
OpenVMS V7.3 on node ALPES 14-DEC-2001 09:09:58.61 Uptime 2 2:27:11
Pid Process Name State Pri I/O CPU Page flts Pages
31E00041 SWAPPER HIB 16 0 0 00:00:02.42 0 0
31E00047 CACHE_SERVER HIB 16 58 0 00:00:00.26 80 36
31E00048 CLUSTER_SERVER CUR 9 156 0 00:00:58.15 1168 90
31E00049 OPCOM HIB 7 8007 0 00:00:33.46 5506 305
31E0004A AUDIT_SERVER HIB 9 651 0 00:00:21.17 2267 22
31E0004B JOB_CONTROL HIB 10 1030 0 00:00:11.02 795 202
.
.
.
The SHOW SYSTEM command in this example is taken from an Alpha
system and shows all processes on all nodes of the cluster.
3.$ SHOW SYSTEM /NODE=ALTOS
OpenVMS V7.3-2 on node ALTOS 15-SEP-2009 10:26:49.59 Uptime 73 13:53:35
Pid Process Name State Pri I/O CPU Page flts Pages
24200201 SWAPPER HIB 16 0 0 00:02:41.09 0 0
24200207 CLUSTER_SERVER CUR 7 13 19735 0 01:21:54.29 95 115
24200208 SHADOW_SERVER HIB 6 5445809 0 00:04:53.18 68 122
24200209 CONFIGURE HIB 10 23 0 00:04:20.35 42 30
2420020A USB$UCM_SERVER HIB 6 165 0 00:00:02.72 164 225
2420020B LANACP HIB 12 79 0 00:00:00.01 108 138
2420020D FASTPATH_SERVER HIB 10 9 0 00:00:00.01 76 96
2420020E IPCACP HIB 10 11 0 00:00:06.88 35 51
2420020F ERRFMT HIB 7 210219 0 00:00:49.99 113 138
24200210 CACHE_SERVER HIB 16 18716 0 00:00:01.33 31 46
The SHOW SYSTEM command in this example is taken from an Alpha
system and shows all processes on the node ALTOS.
4.$ SHOW SYSTEM/NOPROCESS/CLUSTER/FULL
OpenVMS V7.3-2 on node ALTOS 6-AUG-2009 14:31:26.31 Uptime 33 17:58:12
hp AlphaServer GS1280 7/1150
OpenVMS V7.3-2 on node ARUSHA 6-AUG-2009 14:31:26.32 Uptime 32 21:42:11
hp AlphaServer GS1280 7/1150
OpenVMS V8.3-1H1 on node BANFF 6-AUG-2009 14:31:26.33 Uptime 33 17:44:02
HP rx2600 (1.30GHz/3.0MB)
OpenVMS V7.3-2 on node CHOBE 6-AUG-2009 14:31:26.33 Uptime 32 21:14:00
hp AlphaServer GS1280 7/1150
This example displays only the nodes available on the cluster
with their respective uptimes and operating system versions
because the /NOPROCESS qualifier suppresses the display of
processes. The /FULL qualifier also displays the type of
hardware on which the system is running.
5.$ SHOW SYSTEM/PROCESS=S*
OpenVMS V7.3 on node AAAAAA 12-MAY-2001 10:30 AM Uptime 3 12:43:55
Pid Process Name State Pri I/O CPU Page flts Pages
20C00101 SWAPPER HIB 16 0 0 00:00:00.05 0 0
20C0010E SHADOW_SERVER HIB 6 7 0 00:00:00.03 32 4
20C0010F SECURITY_SERVER HIB 10 35 0 00:00:02.16 292 323
20C00110 SMISERVER HIB 9 67 0 00:00:00.20 152 131
20C0011A STEFANELLI CUR 0 4 63 0 00:00:00.29 538 55
This example displays only the processes on the system that
begin with the letter S.
6.$ SHOW SYSTEM/NOHEADING/OUTPUT=SYSPROC.DAT
20C00101 SWAPPER HIB 16 0 0 00:00:00.05 0 0
20C00105 CONFIGURE HIB 10 24 0 00:02:00.86 41 21
20C00107 IPCACP HIB 10 9 0 00:00:00.04 33 43
20C00108 ERRFMT HIB 7 3583 0 00:00:04.31 50 61
20C00109 CACHE_SERVER HIB 16 3 0 00:00:00.02 27 35
20C0010A CLUSTER_SERVER HIB 10 11 0 00:00:00.10 59 75
This example places the display of system processes into the
SYSPROC.DAT file without the heading information using the
/OUTPUT qualifier. In this way, you can create a data file
for processing because the heading is suppressed using the
/NOHEADING qualifier.
7.$ SHOW SYSTEM/IDENT=20C0010D/FULL
OpenVMS V7.3 on node AAAAAA 12-MAY-2001 10:35 AM Uptime 3 12:48:19
DEC 4000 Model 610
Pid Process Name State Pri I/O CPU Page flts Pages
20C0010D JOB_CONTROL HIB 10 41 0 00:00:00.25 51 66
[SYSTEM] 528Kb
This example displays a system process by PID number.
8.$ SHOW SYSTEM/OWNER=TIMMER
OpenVMS V7.3 on node AAAAAA 12-MAY-2001 10:34 AM Uptime 3 12:47:37
Pid Process Name State Pri I/O CPU Page flts Pages
20C00119 DECW$TE_0119 LEF 6 334 0 00:00:01.00 975 657
20C0011A TIMMER LEF 8 63 0 00:00:00.29 538 55
20C0011B _RTA1: CUR 0 4 554 0 00:00:01.72 1771 70
This example displays the system processes belonging to user
TIMMER.
9.$ SHOW SYSTEM/STATE=L*
OpenVMS V7.3 on node AAAAAA 12-MAY-2001 10:36 AM Uptime 3 12:49:46
Pid Process Name State Pri I/O CPU Page flts Pages
20C00119 DECW$TE_0119 LEF 6 334 0 00:00:01.00 975 657
20C0011A STADLER LEF 8 63 0 00:00:00.29 538 55
This example displays the system processes with process states
that begin with the letter L.
10$ SHOW SYSTEM/MULTITHREAD
OpenVMS V7.3 on node ZIMBER 30-OCT-2001 11:34:11.51 Uptim 8 20:21:31
Pid Process Name State Pri I/O CPU Page flts Pages
0000008C SECURITY_SERVER HIB 11 131 0 00:55:25.25 4370 194 M
$ SHOW SYSTEM/MULTITHREAD/FULL
OpenVMS V7.3 on node ZIMBER 30-OCT-2001 11:34:13.98 Uptime 8 20:21:34
AlphaStation 400 4/233
Pid Process Name State Pri I/O CPU Page flts Pages
0000008C SECURITY_SERVER HIB 11 131 0 00:55:25.26 4370 194 M
0000010C HIB 11
[SYSTEM] 1552Kb
These examples show the results of the /MULTITHREAD qualifier
and the combination results of the /MULTITHREAD and /FULL
qualifiers.
11$ SHOW SYSTEM/CLUSTER/TOTAL/SUBPROCESS/GRAND_TOTAL
OpenVMS V7.2-2 on node CHEER 27-JAN-2003 16:09:26.94 Uptime 3 23:20:43
Pid Process Name State Pri I/O CPU Page flts Pages
262000AC DTGREET LEF 4 757 0 00:00:06.76 476 493 S
Total of 1/31 total processes.
OpenVMS V7.3-2 on node GATOR 27-JAN-2003 16:09:26.95 Uptime1 14:41:58
Pid Process Name State Pri I/O CPU Page flts Pages
27000428 DTWM LEF 4 26422 0 00:00:11.61 715 846 S
270004B9 SYSTEM_141 HIB 1 155 0 00:00:00.12 351 393 S
Total of 2/37 total processes.
OpenVMS V7.3-1 on node FISHER 27-JAN-2003 16:09:26.97 Uptime 5 02:16:57
Pid Process Name State Pri I/O CPU Page flts Pages
25A00149 DTWM LEF 4 395380 0 00:12:51.27 712 837 S
25A010AE SYSTEM_76 HIB 1 209 0 00:00:00.66 339 381 S
Total of 2/34 total processes.
OpenVMS V7.1-2 on node MONKEY 27-JAN-2003 16:09:27.05 Uptime 1 14:56:02
Pid Process Name State Pri I/O CPU Page flts Pages
26C00130 DTWM LEF 6 5868 0 00:00:11.84 642 777 S
Total of 1/31 total processes.
OpenVMS V7.3-2 on node QUERY 27-JAN-2003 16:09:27.10 Uptime 3 22:16:23
Pid Process Name State Pri I/O CPU Page flts Pages
26601139 SYSTEM_203 HIB 2 157 0 00:00:00.68 346 387 S
2660013A DTWM LEF 4 275709 0 00:10:24.99 728 852 S
Total of 2/37 total processes.
Grand total of 8/183 processes on 6 nodes.
The SHOW SYSTEM command in this example displays the total
count of subprocesses and processes on each node of a cluster.
The last line lists the grand total of all subprocesses in the
cluster (8) followed by the grand total of all processes in the
cluster (183).