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perf-timechart(1)
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NAME
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perf-timechart - Tool to visualize total system behavior during a workload
SYNOPSIS
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[verse]
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'perf timechart' record <command>
'perf timechart' [<options>]
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DESCRIPTION
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There are two variants of perf timechart:
'perf timechart record <command>' to record the system level events
of an arbitrary workload.
'perf timechart' to turn a trace into a Scalable Vector Graphics file,
that can be viewed with popular SVG viewers such as 'Inkscape'.
OPTIONS
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-o::
--output=::
Select the output file (default: output.svg)
-i::
--input=::
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Select the input file (default: perf.data unless stdin is a fifo)
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-w::
--width=::
Select the width of the SVG file (default: 1000)
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-P::
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--power-only::
Only output the CPU power section of the diagram
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-p::
--process::
Select the processes to display, by name or PID
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--symfs=<directory>::
Look for files with symbols relative to this directory.
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EXAMPLES
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$ perf timechart record git pull
[ perf record: Woken up 13 times to write data ]
[ perf record: Captured and wrote 4.253 MB perf.data (~185801 samples) ]
$ perf timechart
Written 10.2 seconds of trace to output.svg.
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-n::
--proc-num::
Print task info for at least given number of tasks.
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SEE ALSO
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linkperf:perf-record[1]