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author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2009-06-15 03:02:23 -0700 |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2009-06-15 03:02:23 -0700 |
commit | 9cbc1cb8cd46ce1f7645b9de249b2ce8460129bb (patch) | |
tree | 8d104ec2a459346b99413b0b77421ca7b9936c1a /tools/perf/Documentation/perf-help.txt | |
parent | ca44d6e60f9de26281fda203f58b570e1748c015 (diff) | |
parent | 45e3e1935e2857c54783291107d33323b3ef33c8 (diff) |
Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
Conflicts:
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c
net/core/drop_monitor.c
net/core/net-traces.c
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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 000000000000..514391818d1f --- /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 |