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Ipcs

show information on IPC facilities

Output sample

------ Message Queues --------
key        msqid      owner      perms      used-bytes   messages

------ Shared Memory Segments --------
key        shmid      owner      perms      bytes      nattch     status
0x012215f4 0          postgres   600        56         6
0x0052e6a9 1          postgres   600        56         6
0x00000000 6          yourname       600        524288     2          dest
0x00000000 65576      yourname       606        11839932   2          dest
0x00000000 65577      yourname       606        11839932   2          dest
0x00000000 426037     yourname       600        65376      2          dest

------ Semaphore Arrays --------
key        semid      owner      perms      nsems

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Usage:
 ipcs [resource-option...] [output-option]
 ipcs -m|-q|-s -i <id>

Show information on IPC facilities.

Options:
 -i, --id <id>  print details on resource identified by <id>
 -h, --help     display this help
 -V, --version  display version

Resource options:
 -m, --shmems      shared memory segments
 -q, --queues      message queues
 -s, --semaphores  semaphores
 -a, --all         all (default)

Output options:
 -t, --time        show attach, detach and change times
 -p, --pid         show PIDs of creator and last operator
 -c, --creator     show creator and owner
 -l, --limits      show resource limits
 -u, --summary     show status summary
     --human       show sizes in human-readable format
 -b, --bytes       show sizes in bytes

For more details see ipcs(1).

See also