# phpman > man > mtrace(1)


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[MTRACE(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/MTRACE/1/markdown)                                 Linux user manual                                [MTRACE(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/MTRACE/1/markdown)



## NAME
       mtrace - interpret the malloc trace log

## SYNOPSIS
       **mtrace** [_option_]... [_binary_] _mtracedata_

## DESCRIPTION
       **mtrace**  is a Perl script used to interpret and provide human readable output of the trace log
       contained in the file _mtracedata_, whose contents were produced by [**mtrace**(3)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/mtrace/3/markdown).   If  _binary_  is
       provided,  the  output of **mtrace** also contains the source file name with line number informa‐
       tion for problem locations (assuming that _binary_ was compiled with debugging information).

       For more information about the [**mtrace**(3)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/mtrace/3/markdown) function and **mtrace** script usage, see [**mtrace**(3)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/mtrace/3/markdown).

## OPTIONS
       **--help** Print help and exit.

### --version
              Print version information and exit.

## BUGS
       For bug reporting instructions, please see: ⟨<http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/bugs.html>⟩.

## SEE ALSO
       [**memusage**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/memusage/1/markdown), [**mtrace**(3)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/mtrace/3/markdown)

## COLOPHON
       This page is part of release 5.10 of the Linux  _man-pages_  project.   A  description  of  the
       project,  information about reporting bugs, and the latest version of this page, can be found
       at <https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/>.



GNU                                          2017-09-15                                    [MTRACE(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/MTRACE/1/markdown)