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⚡ TLDR: jmap (tldr-pages)

Java memory map tool.

Print shared object mappings for a Java process (output like pmap)
jmap {{java_pid}}
Print heap summary information
jmap -heap {{filename.jar}} {{java_pid}}
Print histogram of heap usage by type
jmap -histo {{java_pid}}
Dump contents of the heap into a binary file for analysis with jhat
jmap -dump:format=b,file={{path/to/file}} {{java_pid}}
Dump live objects of the heap into a binary file for analysis with jhat
jmap -dump:live,format=b,file={{path/to/file}} {{java_pid}}

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NAME
jmap - Prints shared object memory maps or heap memory details for a process, core file, or
remote debug server. This command is experimental and unsupported.

SYNOPSIS
jmap [ options ] pid

jmap [ options ] executable core

jmap [ options ] [ pid ] server-id@ ] remote-hostname-or-IP

options
The command-line options. See Options.

pid The process ID for which the memory map is to be printed. The process must be a Java
process. To get a list of Java processes running on a machine, use the jps(1) command.

executable
The Java executable from which the core dump was produced.

core The core file for which the memory map is to be printed.

remote-hostname-or-IP
The remote debug server hostname or IP address. See jsadebugd(1).

server-id
An optional unique ID to use when multiple debug servers are running on the same
remote host.

DESCRIPTION
The jmap command prints shared object memory maps or heap memory details of a specified
process, core file, or remote debug server. If the specified process is running on a 64-bit
Java Virtual Machine (JVM), then you might need to specify the -J-d64 option, for example:
jmap-J-d64 -heap pid.

Note: This utility is unsupported and might not be available in future releases of the JDK.
On Windows Systems where the dbgeng.dll file is not present, Debugging Tools For Windows must
be installed to make these tools work. The PATH environment variable should contain the
location of the jvm.dll file that is used by the target process or the location from which
the crash dump file was produced, for example: set PATH=%JDK_HOME%\jre\bin\client;%PATH%.

OPTIONS
<no option>
When no option is used, the jmap command prints shared object mappings. For each
shared object loaded in the target JVM, the start address, size of the mapping, and
the full path of the shared object file are printed. This behavior is similar to the
Oracle Solaris pmap utility.

-dump:[live,] format=b, file=filename
Dumps the Java heap in hprof binary format to filename. The live suboption is
optional, but when specified, only the active objects in the heap are dumped. To
browse the heap dump, you can use the jhat(1) command to read the generated file.

-finalizerinfo
Prints information about objects that are awaiting finalization.

-heap
Prints a heap summary of the garbage collection used, the head configuration, and
generation-wise heap usage. In addition, the number and size of interned Strings are
printed.

-histo[:live]
Prints a histogram of the heap. For each Java class, the number of objects, memory
size in bytes, and the fully qualified class names are printed. The JVM internal class
names are printed with an asterisk (*) prefix. If the live suboption is specified,
then only active objects are counted.

-clstats
Prints class loader wise statistics of Java heap. For each class loader, its name, how
active it is, address, parent class loader, and the number and size of classes it has
loaded are printed.

-F
Force. Use this option with the jmap -dump or jmap -histo option when the pid does not
respond. The live suboption is not supported in this mode.

-h
Prints a help message.

-help
Prints a help message.

-Jflag
Passes flag to the Java Virtual Machine where the jmap command is running.