linux command line java heap dump

jmap -F -dump:live,format=b,file=filename.hprof process_id

F: force

live: if set it only prints objects which have active references and discards the ones that are ready to be garbage collected. This parameter is optional

format: in the example above it is set to binary

file: filename that you like your java heap dump to be named

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