These are examples of the results after running the sh_who.d script. This script shows which UIDs and PIDs are running shell scripts, and how active they are. It measures the number of lines executed according to the line probe - which is a useful, but rough measure of shell activity. Here it runs as a script executes three times. # sh_who.d Tracing... Hit Ctrl-C to end. ^C PID UID LINES FILE 13663 0 9 ./func_abc.sh 13667 0 9 ./func_abc.sh 13671 0 9 ./func_abc.sh We see func_abc.sh ran three seperate times, each with nine lines of shell activity. Here we trace an instance of starting Mozilla Firefox. # sh_who.d Tracing... Hit Ctrl-C to end. ^C PID UID LINES FILE 13678 100 1 firefox 13679 100 1 firefox 13680 100 1 firefox 13681 100 1 firefox 13683 100 1 firefox 13685 100 1 firefox 13686 100 1 firefox 13687 100 1 firefox 13690 100 1 firefox 13693 100 1 /usr/lib/firefox/run-mozilla.sh 13694 100 1 /usr/lib/firefox/run-mozilla.sh 13695 100 1 /usr/lib/firefox/run-mozilla.sh 13692 100 55 /usr/lib/firefox/run-mozilla.sh 13677 100 75 firefox Firefox itself (PID 13677) ran 75 lines of code. There are also instances of firefox running a single line of code with a different PID each time. These are probably calls to subshells. Use the sh provider to confirm.