| perf-top(1) |
| =========== |
| |
| NAME |
| ---- |
| perf-top - Run a command and profile it |
| |
| SYNOPSIS |
| -------- |
| [verse] |
| 'perf top' [-e <EVENT> | --event=EVENT] [-l] [-a] <command> |
| |
| DESCRIPTION |
| ----------- |
| This command runs a command and gathers a performance counter profile |
| from it. |
| |
| |
| OPTIONS |
| ------- |
| <command>...:: |
| Any command you can specify in a shell. |
| |
| -e:: |
| --event=:: |
| Select the PMU event. Selection can be a symbolic event name |
| (use 'perf list' to list all events) or a raw PMU |
| event (eventsel+umask) in the form of rNNN where NNN is a |
| hexadecimal event descriptor. |
| |
| -a:: |
| system-wide collection |
| |
| -l:: |
| scale counter values |
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| SEE ALSO |
| -------- |
| linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-list[1] |
