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The command valgrind ${program} is used to run a program with the Valgrind debugging and profiling tool. Valgrind is a powerful and widely-used tool for finding memory leaks, debugging memory-related issues, and profiling program execution.

When running a program with Valgrind, you use this command by replacing ${program} with the name or path of the program you want to analyze. For example, if you have a program called myprogram, you would run valgrind myprogram to start Valgrind and run the program.

Valgrind analyzes the program's execution and reports any memory errors or leaks, and can also provide detailed information about memory usage, function calls, and performance. It can help you find bugs and memory issues that may not be immediately visible during normal program execution.

Valgrind provides different tools for analyzing different aspects of a program, such as memcheck for detecting memory errors and leaks, cachegrind for profiling cache behavior, and callgrind for function call profiling. The command valgrind ${program} starts Valgrind's default tool, memcheck, which is the most commonly used tool for memory debugging and profiling.