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Arjan van de Ven151750c2009-09-19 13:36:04 +02001perf-timechart(1)
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3
4NAME
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6perf-timechart - Tool to visualize total system behavior during a workload
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8SYNOPSIS
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10[verse]
11'perf timechart' {record}
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13DESCRIPTION
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15There are two variants of perf timechart:
16
17 'perf timechart record <command>' to record the system level events
18 of an arbitrary workload.
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20 'perf timechart' to turn a trace into a Scalable Vector Graphics file,
21 that can be viewed with popular SVG viewers such as 'Inkscape'.
22
23OPTIONS
24-------
25-o::
26--output=::
27 Select the output file (default: output.svg)
28-i::
29--input=::
30 Select the input file (default: perf.data)
Arjan van de Ven5094b652009-09-20 18:14:16 +020031-w::
32--width=::
33 Select the width of the SVG file (default: 1000)
Arjan van de Venbbe29872009-10-20 07:09:39 +090034-P::
Arjan van de Ven39a90a82009-09-24 15:40:13 +020035--power-only::
36 Only output the CPU power section of the diagram
Arjan van de Venbbe29872009-10-20 07:09:39 +090037-p::
38--process::
39 Select the processes to display, by name or PID
Arjan van de Ven151750c2009-09-19 13:36:04 +020040
David Ahernec5761e2010-12-09 13:27:07 -070041--symfs=<directory>::
42 Look for files with symbols relative to this directory.
Arjan van de Ven151750c2009-09-19 13:36:04 +020043
44SEE ALSO
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46linkperf:perf-record[1]