SYNOPSIS
perf [--version] [--help] [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]
OPTIONS
- -h
- --help
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Run perf help command.
- -v
- --version
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Display perf version.
- -vv
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Print the compiled-in status of libraries.
- --exec-path
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Display or set exec path.
- --html-path
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Display html documentation path.
- -p
- --paginate
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Set up pager.
- --no-pager
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Do not set pager.
- --buildid-dir
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Setup buildid cache directory. It has higher priority than buildid.dir config file option.
- --list-cmds
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List the most commonly used perf commands.
- --list-opts
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List available perf options.
- --debugfs-dir
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Set debugfs directory or set environment variable PERF_DEBUGFS_DIR.
- --debug
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Setup debug variable (see list below) in value range (0, 10). Use like: --debug verbose # sets verbose = 1 --debug verbose=2 # sets verbose = 2
List of debug variables allowed to set: verbose - general debug messages ordered-events - ordered events object debug messages data-convert - data convert command debug messages stderr - write debug output (option -v) to stderr in browser mode perf-event-open - Print perf_event_open() arguments and return value
DESCRIPTION
Performance counters for Linux are a new kernel-based subsystem that provide a framework for all things performance analysis. It covers hardware level (CPU/PMU, Performance Monitoring Unit) features and software features (software counters, tracepoints) as well.