catp

Print the output of a running process screenshot

```plain catp 0.1.0 Print the output of a running process

USAGE: catp [OPTIONS]

ARGS: PID of the process to print

OPTIONS: -f, --fd File descriptor to print [default: 1] -h, --help Print help information -v, --verbose Print more verbose information to stderr -V, --version Print version information ```

Why?

Sometimes a process is redirected to /dev/null because we don't expect to check its output. However, we may regret that decision and don't want to restart the process. Or we just don't know where a running process is printing to. Then just type catp!

How It Works

catp uses ptrace to intercept syscall and extracts data from the syscall write. So it should work for most applications. It's not wise to catp an IO-sensitive application for a long time since it slows down the syscall.

catp requires ptrace privilege to run, which in most systems means root.