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linux/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt
Tom Zanussi cff68e5822 perf/scripts: Add perf-trace-python Documentation
Also small update to perf-trace-perl and perf-trace docs.

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perf-trace(1)
==============
NAME
----
perf-trace - Read perf.data (created by perf record) and display trace output
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'perf trace' {record <script> | report <script> [args] }
DESCRIPTION
-----------
This command reads the input file and displays the trace recorded.
There are several variants of perf trace:
'perf trace' to see a detailed trace of the workload that was
recorded.
You can also run a set of pre-canned scripts that aggregate and
summarize the raw trace data in various ways (the list of scripts is
available via 'perf trace -l'). The following variants allow you to
record and run those scripts:
'perf trace record <script>' to record the events required for 'perf
trace report'. <script> is the name displayed in the output of
'perf trace --list' i.e. the actual script name minus any language
extension.
'perf trace report <script>' to run and display the results of
<script>. <script> is the name displayed in the output of 'perf
trace --list' i.e. the actual script name minus any language
extension. The perf.data output from a previous run of 'perf trace
record <script>' is used and should be present for this command to
succeed.
See the 'SEE ALSO' section for links to language-specific
information on how to write and run your own trace scripts.
OPTIONS
-------
-D::
--dump-raw-trace=::
Display verbose dump of the trace data.
-L::
--Latency=::
Show latency attributes (irqs/preemption disabled, etc).
-l::
--list=::
Display a list of available trace scripts.
-s ['lang']::
--script=::
Process trace data with the given script ([lang]:script[.ext]).
If the string 'lang' is specified in place of a script name, a
list of supported languages will be displayed instead.
-g::
--gen-script=::
Generate perf-trace.[ext] starter script for given language,
using current perf.data.
SEE ALSO
--------
linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-trace-perl[1],
linkperf:perf-trace-python[1]