memusagestat(1)

💖 memusagestat — the girlies' guide to the memusagestat(1) manual page 💖

okay so bestie, you know how memusage(1) be out here collecting receipts on your memory usage? well memusagestat is the one that turns those receipts into a whole aesthetic PNG. it lives in the General Commands Manual section of your system, and it's giving data-viz main character energy. ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

memusagestat — generate graphic from memory profiling data 🎨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

memusagestat [option ...] datafile [outfile]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so basically memusagestat creates a PNG file with a graphical representation of the memory profiling data sitting inside the file datafile. and where did datafile come from, you ask? it's literally generated by the -d option (or its long-lost twin --data) of memusage(1). so like, don't just show up with any old file, okay? 🫶

now let's talk about the graph itself because it's lowkey a masterpiece:

• the red line in the graph shows the heap usage (that's your allocated memory, queen 👑)
• the green line shows the stack usage
• the x-scale is either the number of memory-handling function calls, OR — and this is the plot twist — time, if you specify the -t option

periodt. that's the whole vibe check on the graph. 💅

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💜 OPTIONS 💜

• -o file, --output=file — Name of the output file. like, where are we putting this masterpiece? 🤔
• -s string, --string=string — Use string as the title inside the output graph. give it a name, bestie, it deserves one 🎀
• -t, --time — Use time (rather than number of function calls) as the scale for the X axis. switch up the timeline fr fr ⏰
• -T, --total — Also draw a graph of total memory consumption. more lines, more drama, more info 🔥
• -x size, --x-size=size — Make the output graph size pixels wide. width is a choice and you get to make it 📐
• -y size, --y-size=size — Make the output graph size pixels high. vertical era 🦋
• -?, --help — Print a help message and exit. the classic "help me bestie" move 😭
• --usage — Print a short usage message and exit. a lil snack-sized version of help 🍓
• -V, --version — Print version information and exit. who are you? what's your sign? what version? ⭐

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💀 BUGS 💀

found a bug? to report bugs, see http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/bugs.html — go tell the grown-ups, not me 🙈

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🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

See memusage(1). yes, seriously, that's where the examples live. iykyk 💖

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• memusage(1)
• mtrace(1)

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! no cap, you're now fully certified in memusagestat 🧚💅

this lil rewrite came courtesy of Linux man-pages 6.20, dated 2026-02-08 — stan a consistent release schedule ✨