How can I monitor the thread count of a process on linux?

Question

I would like to monitor the number of threads used by a specific process on Linux. Is there an easy way to get this information without impacting the performance of the proc

Answer 1

Newer JDK distributions ship with JConsole and VisualVM. Both are fantastic tools for getting the dirty details from a running Java process. If you have to do this programmatically, investigate JMX.