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1.1     ! root        1: .TH VMSTAT 8
        !             2: .CT 1 sa_mortals
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: vmstat \- report virtual memory statistics
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B vmstat
        !             7: [
        !             8: .B -st
        !             9: ]
        !            10: [
        !            11: .I interval
        !            12: [
        !            13: .I count
        !            14: ]
        !            15: ]
        !            16: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            17: .I Vmstat
        !            18: reports statistics about certain system activity.
        !            19: .ig x
        !            20: Option
        !            21: .B -f
        !            22: reports on
        !            23: .I forks
        !            24: since system startup and the number of pages of virtual memory involved.
        !            25: .x
        !            26: Option
        !            27: .B -s
        !            28: prints totals for miscellaneous events
        !            29: since the last boot.
        !            30: Option
        !            31: .B -t
        !            32: reports on paging events.
        !            33: .PP
        !            34: In the absence of other options, the optional
        !            35: .I interval
        !            36: argument causes
        !            37: .I vmstat
        !            38: to report once each
        !            39: .I interval
        !            40: seconds, repeated
        !            41: .I count
        !            42: times or forever.
        !            43: .PP
        !            44: The default format fields are:
        !            45: .TF faults
        !            46: .TP
        !            47: .B procs
        !            48: information about numbers of processes in various states:
        !            49: .RS
        !            50: .PD 0
        !            51: .TP
        !            52: .B r
        !            53: in run queue
        !            54: .TP
        !            55: .B b
        !            56: blocked for resources (I/O, paging, etc.)
        !            57: .TP
        !            58: .B w
        !            59: runnable or short sleeper (< 20 secs) but swapped
        !            60: .RE
        !            61: .PD
        !            62: .TP
        !            63: .B memory
        !            64: use of virtual and real memory:
        !            65: .RS
        !            66: .PD 0
        !            67: .TP
        !            68: .B avm
        !            69: number of
        !            70: pages belonging to processes that have run
        !            71: in the last 20 seconds
        !            72: .TP
        !            73: .B fre
        !            74: size of memory free list
        !            75: .RE
        !            76: .PD
        !            77: .TP
        !            78: .B page
        !            79: paging activity,
        !            80: averaged each five seconds, in units per second:
        !            81: .RS
        !            82: .PD 0
        !            83: .TP
        !            84: .B re
        !            85: page reclaims (simulating reference bits)
        !            86: .TP
        !            87: .B at
        !            88: text pages recovered from memory
        !            89: .TP
        !            90: .B pi
        !            91: page-in events
        !            92: .TP
        !            93: .B po
        !            94: page-out events
        !            95: .TP
        !            96: .B fr
        !            97: pages freed per second
        !            98: .TP
        !            99: .B de
        !           100: anticipated short term memory shortfall
        !           101: .TP
        !           102: .B sr
        !           103: scan rate: pageout daemon rpm
        !           104: .RE
        !           105: .PD
        !           106: .TP
        !           107: .B faults
        !           108: trap rates, averaged each five seconds, in units per second:
        !           109: .RS
        !           110: .PD 0
        !           111: .TP
        !           112: .B sy
        !           113: system calls
        !           114: .TP
        !           115: .B cs
        !           116: process context switches
        !           117: .RE
        !           118: .PD
        !           119: .TP
        !           120: .B cpu
        !           121: percentage use of CPU time:
        !           122: .RS
        !           123: .PD 0
        !           124: .TP
        !           125: .B us
        !           126: user time, both normal and low priority
        !           127: .TP
        !           128: .B sy
        !           129: system time
        !           130: .TP
        !           131: .B id
        !           132: cpu idle time
        !           133: .TP
        !           134: .B st
        !           135: stream queue processing time
        !           136: .RE
        !           137: .PD
        !           138: .SH FILES
        !           139: .F /dev/kmem
        !           140: .br
        !           141: .F /unix
        !           142: .SH BUGS
        !           143: This program is never up to date.

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