From 57f0f512b273f60d52568b8c6b77e17f5636edc0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: André Fabian Silva Delgado Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2015 17:04:01 -0300 Subject: Initial import --- tools/perf/Documentation/perf-help.txt | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+) create mode 100644 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-help.txt (limited to 'tools/perf/Documentation/perf-help.txt') diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-help.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-help.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..514391818 --- /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 -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf