mtrace(1) General Commands Manual mtrace(1) 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 pro- duced by mtrace(3). If binary is provided, the output of mtrace also con- tains the source file name with line number information for problem loca- tions (assuming that binary was compiled with debugging information). For more information about the mtrace(3) function and mtrace script usage, see mtrace(3). 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), mtrace(3) Linux man-pages 6.18 2026-02-08 mtrace(1)