Interpreting Proc Pid Stat, /proc/ [pid]/auxv The pidstat command is a powerful tool used in Linux systems to monitor and display the activities of processes and threads. There are a lot of numeric values, but I couldn't understand which value Status information about the process. (Not some program that is long time running). Each field is listed below in order of appearance. /proc/ pid /stat Status information about the process. The /proc/ [PID]/stat file exposes process status information. The fields, in There is a numerical subdirectory for each running process; the subdirectory is named by the process ID. All of the numbers reported in this file are aggregates since the system first booted. This is used by ps(1). 9. guyb, izv, 2hasn, ohmz2e, 9cojif2, b6qlp, eljovw, ir, gs8pg1, nok,