There are various ways to trace execution of programs written in various languages:
Program type |
Tool |
Command-line |
ELF (syscalls) |
strace program args |
|
ELF (functions) |
ltrace program args |
|
Shell |
all shells |
sh -x /usr/bin/program args |
Perl |
perl -d:Trace /usr/bin/program args |
|
Ruby |
rbtrace --exec /usr/bin/program args |