Following we see examples of the results of running j_thread.d. Here it is running while Code/Java/Func_abc is executing. # j_thread.d TIME PID/TID -- THREAD 2007 Sep 24 04:01:34 311512/5 => Finalizer 2007 Sep 24 04:01:34 311512/4 => Reference Handler 2007 Sep 24 04:01:34 311512/7 => CompilerThread0 2007 Sep 24 04:01:34 311512/6 => Signal Dispatcher 2007 Sep 24 04:01:34 311512/8 => CompilerThread1 2007 Sep 24 04:01:34 311512/9 => Low Memory Detector ^C The fields of the output are, in order, Event time, Process ID/Thread ID, entry (=>) or exit (<=) and Thread name. In this example we see six different threads starting, but we do not see thread exit events as the JVM exited when the program stopped.