PSPAX(1)

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version 1.3.11 · 13 versions
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💅 PSPAX(1) 💅

okay so this is pspax from the Documentation for pax-utils collection, and bestie, if you've ever wanted to peer into your running processes and see what the heck their ELF vibes are, this is the page. no cap.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

pspax [options] ELFs

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so pspax is a user-space utility — a little main character that goes snooping through the proc directory 💖 — and it lists out ELF types, plus their respective PaX flags and filenames and attributes. it's giving detective energy, honestly.

and depending on build options, it may additionally display the process running set of capabilities. so like, sometimes you get bonus info. slay. ✨

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -a, --all — show all processes, every single one, no gatekeeping 💅
  • -e, --header — print GNU_STACK/PT_LOAD markings 🦋
  • -i, --ipaddr — print ipaddr info, if it's supported 👑
  • -p, --pid _PID_ — only process the specified process id 🍓
  • -u, --user _UID_ — process user/uid # 🌸
  • -g, --group _GID_ — process group/gid # 🌈
  • -n, --nx — only display w^x processes ⭐
  • -w, --wx — only display w|x processes 🔥
  • -v, --verbose — be verbose (and yes, you can use it more than once, go off) 💜
  • -B, --nobanner — don't display the header, keep it lowkey 🙈
  • -h, --help — show condensed usage and exit 🫶
  • -V, --version — print version and exit 🎀

🦋 HOMEPAGE 🦋

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Hardened/PaX_Utilities

🧚 REPORTING BUGS 🧚

okay listen, if you find a bug, please include as much information as possible (using any available debugging options) and send bug reports to the maintainers (see the AUTHORS section, they're right down there 👇). and if you can, please use the Gentoo bugzilla at https://bugs.gentoo.org/ 💖

fr fr, the more info you give, the faster it gets fixed. don't just say "it's broken" and dip 😭

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

chpax(1), dumpelf(1), paxctl(1), pspax(1), readelf(1), scanelf(1), elf(5)

(yes pspax(1) is listed in its own SEE ALSO. iconic. self-referential queen. 👑)

🌟 AUTHORS 🌟

  • Ned Ludd <solar@gentoo.org> — Maintainer
  • Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> — Maintainer
  • Fabian Groffen <grobian@gentoo.org> — Mach-O Maintainer

💀 NOTES 💀

  1. https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Hardened/PaX_Utilities
  2. https://bugs.gentoo.org/

and that's the whole page bestie, you ate that 🫶✨ this was pax-utils 1.3.11, dated 08/02/2026, page PSPAX(1) — go forth and vibe check those processes 💅🎀

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