diff --git a/examples/cpp/execsnoop.cc b/examples/cpp/execsnoop.cc
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+/*	C++ version of execsnoop
+ *	execsnoop traces new processes via exec() syscalls.
+ *	
+ *	inspired by Brendan Gregg's execsnoop
+ */
+
+#include <bcc/BPF.h>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <iomanip>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <unordered_map>
+#include <queue>
+#include <mutex>
+
+// Define the eBPF program
+const std::string BPF_PROGRAM = R"(
+#include<linux/ptrace.h>
+#include<linux/sched.h>
+#include<linux/fs.h>
+
+enum event_type {
+    EVENT_ARG = 0,
+    EVENT_RET = 1,
+};
+
+struct data_t {
+	u32 pid;
+	u32 ppid;
+	char comm[TASK_COMM_LEN];
+	char pcomm[TASK_COMM_LEN];
+    	char argv[128];
+	enum event_type type;
+	int8_t retval;
+};
+
+BPF_PERF_OUTPUT(events);
+
+static int __submit_arg(struct pt_regs *ctx, void *ptr, struct data_t *data){
+	bpf_probe_read_user(data->argv, sizeof(data->argv), ptr);
+	events.perf_submit(ctx, data, sizeof(struct data_t));
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static int submit_args(struct pt_regs *ctx, void *ptr, struct data_t *data){
+	const char *argp = NULL;
+	bpf_probe_read_user(&argp, sizeof(argp), ptr);
+
+	if (argp) {
+	    return __submit_arg(ctx, (void *)(argp), data);
+        }
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int syscall__execve(struct pt_regs *ctx,
+	const char __user *filename,
+	const char __user *const __user *__argv,
+	const char __user *const __user *__envp) {
+
+	struct data_t data = {};
+	struct task_struct *task;
+
+	data.pid = bpf_get_current_pid_tgid() >> 32;
+	task = (struct task_struct *)bpf_get_current_task();
+	data.ppid = task->real_parent->tgid;
+	bpf_probe_read_kernel_str(&data.pcomm, sizeof(data.pcomm), task->real_parent->comm);
+	
+    	bpf_get_current_comm(&data.comm, sizeof(data.comm));
+	data.type = EVENT_ARG;
+	__submit_arg(ctx, (void *)filename, &data);
+
+	for (int i = 1; i < 10; i++) {
+	    if (submit_args(ctx, (void *)&__argv[i], &data) == 0) {
+		goto out;
+	    }
+	}
+
+	char ellipsis[] = "...";
+	 __submit_arg(ctx, (void *)ellipsis, &data);
+
+    out:
+	return 0;
+    }
+
+int do_ret_execve(struct pt_regs *ctx) {
+    struct data_t data = {};
+    struct task_struct *task;
+
+    data.pid = bpf_get_current_pid_tgid();
+    task = (struct task_struct *)bpf_get_current_task();
+    data.ppid = task->real_parent->tgid;
+    bpf_probe_read_kernel_str(&data.pcomm, sizeof(data.pcomm), task->real_parent->comm);
+    bpf_get_current_comm(&data.comm, sizeof(data.comm));
+
+    data.type = EVENT_RET;
+    data.retval = PT_REGS_RC(ctx);
+
+    events.perf_submit(ctx, &data, sizeof(data));
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+)";
+
+enum event_type {
+    EVENT_ARG = 0,
+    EVENT_RET = 1,
+};
+
+struct data_t {
+    uint32_t pid ;
+    uint32_t ppid;
+    char comm[16];
+    char pcomm[16];
+    char args[128];
+    enum event_type type;
+    int8_t retval;
+};
+
+std::queue<std::string> args;
+
+int get_args(struct data_t* event) {
+    while (!args.empty()) {
+        std::cout << args.front() << " ";
+        args.pop();
+    }
+    std::cout << std::endl;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+void handle_event(void *ctx, void *data, int data_size) {
+    auto *event = static_cast<data_t *>(data);
+    
+    if (event->type == EVENT_ARG) {
+	args.push(event->args);
+    } else if (event->type == EVENT_RET) {
+	std::cout << "PID: " << event->pid
+	    << "\tPPID:  " << event->ppid
+	    << "\tCOMM: " << event->comm 
+	    << "\tARGS: ";
+	    get_args(event);
+    }
+}
+
+int main() {
+    ebpf::BPF bpf;
+
+    // Initialize BPF program
+    auto init_res = bpf.init(BPF_PROGRAM);
+    if (!init_res.ok()) {
+        std::cerr << init_res.msg() << std::endl;
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    // Attach to tracepoint for execve syscall
+    std::string execve_fnname = bpf.get_syscall_fnname("execve");
+    auto attach_res = bpf.attach_kprobe(execve_fnname, "syscall__execve");
+    if (!attach_res.ok()) {
+        std::cerr << attach_res.msg() << std::endl;
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    auto attach_ret = bpf.attach_kprobe(execve_fnname, "do_ret_execve", 0, BPF_PROBE_RETURN, 0);
+    if (!attach_ret.ok()) {
+	std::cerr << attach_ret.msg() << std::endl;
+	return 1;
+    }
+
+    // Open perf buffer to receive events
+    auto perf_buffer = bpf.open_perf_buffer("events", handle_event);
+    if (!perf_buffer.ok()) {
+        std::cerr << perf_buffer.msg() << std::endl;
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    std::cout << "Tracing execve syscalls... Press Ctrl+C to stop." << std::endl;
+    
+    // Poll events
+    while (true) {
+        bpf.poll_perf_buffer("events", 100);
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}