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| author | Yuval Adam <_@yuv.al> | 2017-08-30 08:25:59 +0000 |
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| committer | Yuval Adam <_@yuv.al> | 2017-08-30 08:25:59 +0000 |
| commit | 8e4bff4cab0ddac6060645b0715210484d02ff40 (patch) | |
| tree | 3a5c3024371a04692a3a6d9974d001cdff8ebf84 /tools/perf/Documentation/perf-help.txt | |
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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-help.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-help.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..51439181 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-help.txt @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +perf-help(1) +============ + +NAME +---- +perf-help - display help information about perf + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +'perf help' [-a|--all] [COMMAND] + +DESCRIPTION +----------- + +With no options and no COMMAND given, the synopsis of the 'perf' +command and a list of the most commonly used perf commands are printed +on the standard output. + +If the option '--all' or '-a' is given, then all available commands are +printed on the standard output. + +If a perf command is named, a manual page for that command is brought +up. The 'man' program is used by default for this purpose, but this +can be overridden by other options or configuration variables. + +Note that `perf --help ...` is identical to `perf help ...` because the +former is internally converted into the latter. + +OPTIONS +------- +-a:: +--all:: + Prints all the available commands on the standard output. This + option supersedes any other option. + +PERF +---- +Part of the linkperf:perf[1] suite |