javimosch lurk Plugin
A pretty alternative to strace for tracing system calls.
Commands
Trace
lurk trace run— Trace system calls of a commandlurk trace attach— Attach to a running process (requires sudo)
Summary
lurk summary run— Show summary of system calls
Usage Examples
- "Trace a command's system calls"
- "Attach to a running process"
- "Show syscall summary"
- "Filter by syscall type"
Installation
cargo install lurk-cli
# or
pacman -S lurk
Examples
# Trace a command
lurk ls
# Attach to process (requires sudo)
sudo lurk --attach 1234
# Summary output
lurk --summary ls
# JSON output
lurk --json curl http://example.com
# Filter by file operations
lurk --expr trace=%file curl http://example.com
# Successful syscalls only
lurk --successful-only curl http://example.com
Common Flags
--attach PID— Attach to running process--summary— Show summary report--json— JSON output--expr trace=syscall— Filter by syscall--follow-forks— Trace child processes--syscall-times— Show time spent in syscalls