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perf: Add timechart help text and add timechart to "perf help"
As suggested by Ingo, add a timechart man page help text, as well as add it to the "perf help" overview. Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Cc: fweisbec@gmail.com Cc: peterz@infradead.org Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> LKML-Reference: <20090919133604.3767fa35@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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perf-timechart(1)
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=================
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NAME
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perf-timechart - Tool to visualize total system behavior during a workload
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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[verse]
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'perf timechart' {record}
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DESCRIPTION
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There are two variants of perf timechart:
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'perf timechart record <command>' to record the system level events
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of an arbitrary workload.
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'perf timechart' to turn a trace into a Scalable Vector Graphics file,
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that can be viewed with popular SVG viewers such as 'Inkscape'.
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OPTIONS
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-o::
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--output=::
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Select the output file (default: output.svg)
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-i::
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--input=::
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Select the input file (default: perf.data)
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SEE ALSO
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linkperf:perf-record[1]

tools/perf/command-list.txt

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perf-record mainporcelain common
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perf-report mainporcelain common
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perf-stat mainporcelain common
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perf-timechart mainporcelain common
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perf-top mainporcelain common
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perf-trace mainporcelain common

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