Reads strace -f output and produces a process tree. Example :
$ strace -f -e trace=process -s 1024 -o /tmp/trace.out make binary-package
...
$ strace-process-tree /tmp/trace.out
25510 make binary-package
├─25511 /bin/sh -c 'dpkg-parsechangelog | awk '\''$1 == "Source:" { print $2 }'\'''
│ ├─25512 dpkg-parsechangelog
│ │ └─25514 tail -n 40 debian/changelog
│ └─25513 awk '$1 == "Source:" { print $2 }'
├─25515 /bin/sh -c 'dpkg-parsechangelog | awk '\''$1 == "Version:" { print $2 }'\'''
│ ├─25516 dpkg-parsechangelog
│ │ └─25518 tail -n 40 debian/changelog
│ └─25517 awk '$1 == "Version:" { print $2 }'
├─25519 /bin/sh -c 'dpkg-parsechangelog | grep ^Date: | cut -d: -f 2- | date --date="$(cat)" +%Y-%m-%d'
│ ├─25520 dpkg-parsechangelog
│ │ └─25525 tail -n 40 debian/changelog
│ ├─25521 grep ^Date:
│ ├─25522 cut -d: -f 2-
│ └─25523 date --date=" Thu, 18 Jan 2018 23:39:51 +0200" +%Y-%m-%d
│ └─25524 cat
└─25526 /bin/sh -c 'dpkg-parsechangelog | awk '\''$1 == "Distribution:" { print $2 }'\'''
├─25527 dpkg-parsechangelog
│ └─25529 tail -n 40 debian/changelog
└─25528 awk '$1 == "Distribution:" { print $2 }'Use your favourite pip wrapper to install strace-process-tree, e.g.
pipx install strace-process-tree
Usage: strace-process-tree [-h] [--version] [-c] [-C] [-U] [-A] [-v] filename
Read strace -f output and produce a process tree. Recommended strace options for best results:
strace -f -ttt -e trace=process -s 1024 -o FILENAME COMMAND
- positional arguments:
-
filename strace log to parse (use - to read stdin)
- optional arguments:
-
-h, --help show this help message and exit --version show program's version number and exit -c, --color force color output -C, --no-color disable color output -U, --unicode force Unicode output -A, --ascii force ASCII output -v, --verbose more verbose output
