pldd (1)

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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

-?, --help

Display program help message.

--usage

Display a short usage message.

-V, --version

Display the program version.

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.

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.

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

NOTES

The command

     lsof -p PID
also shows output that includes the dynamic shared objects that are linked into a process.

SEE ALSO

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

COLOPHON

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