tldr/pages/linux/sysdig.md

# sysdig

> System troubleshooting, analysis and exploration.
> Capture, filter and store systemcalls.
> More information: <https://github.com/draios/sysdig/wiki>.

- Capture all the events from the live system and print them to screen:

`sysdig`

- Capture all the events from the live system and save them to disk:

`sysdig {{[-w|--write]}} {{path/to/file}}.scap`

- Read events from a file and print them to screen:

`sysdig {{[-r|--read]}} {{path/to/file}}.scap`

- Filter and Print all the open system calls invoked by cat:

`sysdig proc.name=cat and evt.type=open`

- Register any found plugin and use dummy as input source passing to it open params:

`sysdig -I dummy:'{{parameter}}'`

- List the available chisels:

`sysdig {{[-cl|--list-chisels]}}`

- Use the spy_ip chisel to look at the data exchanged with ip address:

`sysdig {{[-c|--chisel]}} spy_ip {{ip_address}}`