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strace

Last updated May 16, 2025, generated by Sumble

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What is strace?

strace is a command-line diagnostic, debugging and instructional userspace utility for Linux. It is used to monitor and record system calls which are made by a process and signals received by the process. It's commonly used to troubleshoot programs, understand how they interact with the operating system, and analyze their performance by observing system calls and their execution time.

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What other technologies are related to strace?

strace Competitor Technologies

Traces library calls, similar to strace's system call tracing, but focuses on library functions.

mentioned alongside strace in 99% (83) of relevant job posts

Kernel tracing tool; overlaps with strace's functionality, providing kernel-level tracing.

mentioned alongside strace in 33% (117) of relevant job posts

Performance analysis tool; overlaps with strace in some areas, providing performance counters and tracing capabilities.

mentioned alongside strace in 17% (189) of relevant job posts

Memory debugging and profiling tool; some Valgrind tools overlap with strace's functionality, particularly in tracing system calls related to memory management.

mentioned alongside strace in 3% (91) of relevant job posts

strace Complementary Technologies

Lists open files, helpful for understanding what processes are using which files, complementing strace's system call tracing.

mentioned alongside strace in 64% (134) of relevant job posts

Reports virtual memory statistics, useful for diagnosing performance issues uncovered by strace.

mentioned alongside strace in 34% (193) of relevant job posts

Virtual directory containing network-related information; can be used to analyze network behavior alongside strace output.

mentioned alongside strace in 97% (57) of relevant job posts

Which job functions mention strace?

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Jobs mentioning strace

Orgs mentioning strace

Engineering & R&D

0% (702) job posts

1 organizations

Engineer

0% (689) job posts

40 organizations

Software Engineer

0% (387) job posts

82 organizations

Customer Engineer

0% (111) job posts

22 organizations

Site Reliability Engineer

0% (68) job posts

14 organizations

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Which organizations are mentioning strace?

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Scientific and Technical Services

Retail Trade

Finance and Insurance

Amazon Web Services

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Scientific and Technical Services

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