Command Description

+ Displays the next section of memory in

hexdump-like format.

- Displays the previous section of memory

in hexdump-like format.

basicinfo Displays some basic information such as

the time the dump file was created, a
system overview, and the command that
was used to start the process.

coreinfo Displays the command line arguments,

platform, and version information for the
virtual machine in the current core file.
This command is a simpler version of
the info proc command.

deadlock Displays information about deadlocks, if

any deadlocks were set.

extractmemory Saves a specified memory range to a

binary file.

findptr Searches memory for the specified

pointer.

gpinfo Displays information about a general

protection fault, if one occurred.

heapdump Generates a heap dump to a file. You can

select which Java heaps to dump by
listing the heap names, separated by
spaces.

info class Displays the inheritance chain, and other

data, for a specified class.
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info heap Displays information about all heaps, or

the specified heap.

info jitm Displays JIT-compiled methods and their

addresses.

info lock Displays a list of available monitors and

locked objects.

info memory Displays, in tree format, native memory

usage for each component in the virtual
machine.

info mmap Displays a list of all memory segments in

the address space.

info mod If you do not specify a parameter, this

command outputs, for each process in the
address spaces, a list of module sections
for each module. The list contains the
section start and end addresses, names,
and sizes.
If you specify a module name, this
command outputs the previous
information for that module, plus a list of
all the known symbols for that module.

info proc or info process Displays the threads, command line

arguments, environment variables, and
shared modules of current process.

info sym Displays a list of available modules.

info sys or info system Displays information about the system

the core dump is from.
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info thread Displays information about Java threads

and native threads.

j9help Displays command help information.

javaclass Displays Java classes.

javaclassloader Displays information about a specific

Java classloader.

javaclassloaders Displays information about all Java

classloaders.

javacompiledmethods Displays the compiled methods.

javaheap Displays information about a specific

heap, and optionally lists the objects in
that heap.

javaheaproots Displays information about heap roots.

javaheaps Displays information about all the heaps.

javalangstring Displays the value of the String object at

the specified address.

javalangthread Displays the Thread object at the

specified address.

javameminfo Displays a summary of heap usage and

potential memory leaks.

javamonitor Displays the Java monitor at a specific

address.

javamonitors Displays all the Java monitors.

javaobject Displays the Java object at a specific

address, including elements if the object
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is an array.

javaobjects Displays all the objects of a specific Java

class.

javaoverview Displays an overview of the JVM. This

information includes the output from
the basicinfocommand, plus extra
information such as the options that were
used to start the JVM.

javathread Displays information for a specific Java

thread.

javathreads Displays all the Java threads, and

optionally the thread stacks and thread
details.

javautilconcurrentlocksreentrantlock Displays information about any re-

entrant locks that are found. If your code
does not contain any re-entrant locks, this
command produces no output.

javautilhashtable Displays the number of elements in a

hash table, and the key/value pair for
each element. The command output
is null if the object at the specified
address is not a hash table.

javautilproperties Displays the key/value pairs of the

properties in
the java/util/Properties object
at the specified address. The output is
ordered alphabetically by key.
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nativestacks and nstack Both commands display the native stacks

for specified threads, or for all threads if
none are specified.

set heapdump Configures heap dump generation

settings.

showdumpagents Displays the dump agent settings that

were in force when this dump file was
taken. The output is similar to that
obtained by using the -
Xdump:what command-line parameter.

show heapdump Displays the current values of heap dump

settings.

show logging Displays the current values of logging

settings.

shrc Displays shared class cache operations.

snapformat Formats trace buffers for a specified

thread (or all threads if none are
specified) to a file or
the stdout stream, by using
specified .dat files.

snaptrace Extracts trace buffers to a specified file.

tpconfig Displays trace components or trace points

that are enabled for specified
components. You can use this command
to verify that the trace settings match
your expectations.

whatis Displays information about what is stored

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at the specified memory address.