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+The following is an example of the readdist.d script,
+
+
+Here the readdist.d script is run for a few seconds, then Ctrl-C is hit,
+
+ # readdist.d
+ dtrace: description 'sysinfo:::readch ' matched 4 probes
+ ^C
+ [...]
+ gnome-terminal
+ value ------------- Distribution ------------- count
+ 16 | 0
+ 32 |@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 15
+ 64 |@@@ 1
+ 128 | 0
+
+ Xorg
+ value ------------- Distribution ------------- count
+ -1 | 0
+ 0 |@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 26
+ 1 | 0
+ 2 | 0
+ 4 | 0
+ 8 |@@@@ 6
+ 16 |@ 2
+ 32 |@ 2
+ 64 | 0
+ 128 |@@@@@@@@ 11
+ 256 |@@@ 4
+ 512 | 0
+
+This allows us to understand the read behaviour of each process. The
+Xorg command has executed 26 reads that returned 0 bytes, through
+to 4 reads that were at least 256 bytes (up to 511).
+