# man > getpcaps(8)

[_GETPCAPS_(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/GETPCAPS/8/markdown)                            System Manager's Manual                           [_GETPCAPS_(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/GETPCAPS/8/markdown)

## NAME
       getpcaps - display process capabilities

## SYNOPSIS
       **getpcaps **[optional args] _pid_...

## DESCRIPTION
       **getpcaps  **displays  the  capabilities on the processes indicated by the _pid_ value(s) given on
       the command line.  A _pid_ of 0 displays the capabilities of the process that is running  **getp‐**
       **caps **itself.

       The capabilities are displayed in the [**cap_from_text**(3)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/capfromtext/3/markdown) format.

       Optional arguments:

       **--help **or **--usage**
              Displays usage information and exits.

       **--ugly **or **--legacy**
              Displays output in a somewhat ugly legacy format.

### --verbose
              Displays  usage in a legacy-like format but not quite so ugly in modern default termi‐
              nal fonts.

       **--iab  **Displays IAB tuple capabilities from the process. The output format here is  the  text
              format  described in [**cap_iab**(3)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/capiab/3/markdown). Double quotes encase the regular process capabilities
              and square brackets encase the IAB tuple. This format is also used by [**captree**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/captree/8/markdown).

## REPORTING BUGS
       Please report bugs via:

       <https://bugzilla.kernel.org/buglist.cgi?component=libcap&list_id=1090757>

## SEE ALSO
       [**capsh**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/capsh/1/markdown), [**cap_from_text**(3)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/capfromtext/3/markdown), [**cap_iab**(3)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/capiab/3/markdown),  [**capabilities**(7)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/capabilities/7/markdown),  [**captree**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/captree/8/markdown),  [**getcap**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/getcap/8/markdown),  and  **set‐**
       [**cap**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/cap/8/markdown).

## AUTHOR
       This  manual  page was originally written by Robert Bihlmeyer <<robbe@debian.org>>, for the De‐
       bian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).


                                             2020-08-29                                  [_GETPCAPS_(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/GETPCAPS/8/markdown)