A simple script to strace a group of processes

straceall.sh

#!/bin/bash

if [ $# -lt 1 ];then
    echo "usage:$0 process_name"
    exit 1
fi

process_name="$1"

function straceall()
{
      strace $(pidof "${1}" | sed 's/\([0-9]*\)/-p \1/g') 
}

straceall $process_name