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NAME

     pldd - display dynamic shared objects linked into a process

SYNOPSIS

     pldd pid
     pldd option

DESCRIPTION

     The pldd command displays a list of the dynamic shared objects that are
     linked into the process  with  the  specified  process  ID.   The  list
     includes   the  libraries  that  have  been  dynamically  loaded  using
     dlopen(3).

OPTIONS

1. ?, –help

Display program help message.

1. -usage

Display a short usage message.

1. V, –version

Display the program version.

EXIT STATUS

     On success, pldd exits with the status 0.   If  the  specified  process
     does not exist, the user does not have permission to access its dynamic
     shared object list, or no command-line  arguments  are  supplied,  pldd
     exists  with  a status of 1.  If given an invalid option, it exits with
     the status 64.

VERSIONS

     pldd is available since glibc 2.15.

CONFORMING TO

     The pldd command is not specified by POSIX.1.  Some other systems  have
     a similar command.

NOTES

     The command

         lsof -p PID

     also  shows  output  that  includes the dynamic shared objects that are
     linked into a process.

     The gdb(1) info shared command also shows the  shared  libraries  being
     used  by a process, so that one can obtain similar output to pldd using
     a command such as the following (to monitor the process with the speci-
     fied pid):

         $ gdb -ex "set confirm off" -ex "set height 0" -ex "info shared" \
                 -ex "quit" -p $pid | grep '^0x.*0x'

BUGS

     Since  glibc  2.19, pldd is broken: it just hangs when executed.  It is
     unclear if it will ever be fixed.

EXAMPLE

     $ echo  $$                #  Display  PID  of  shell  1143  $  pldd  $$
     #   Display   DSOs   linked   into  the  shell  1143:     /usr/bin/bash
     linux-vdso.so.1 /lib64/libtinfo.so.5 /lib64/libdl.so.2 /lib64/libc.so.6
     /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 /lib64/libnss_files.so.2

SEE ALSO

     ldd(1), lsof(1), dlopen(3), ld.so(8)

COLOPHON

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