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authorJiri Olsa2015-02-20 23:16:59 +0100
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo2015-02-25 16:42:25 +0100
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perf tools: Add new 'perf data' command
Adding new 'perf data' command to provide operations over data files. The 'perf data convert' sub command is coming in following patch, but there's possibility for other useful commands like 'perf data ls' (to display perf data file in directory in ls style). Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Jeremie Galarneau <jgalar@efficios.com> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Cc: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@gmail.com> Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1424470628-5969-3-git-send-email-jolsa@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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+perf-data(1)
+==============
+
+NAME
+----
+perf-data - Data file related processing
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'perf data' [<common options>] <command> [<options>]",
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+Data file related processing.