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+perf-script(1)
+=============
+
+NAME
+----
+perf-script - Read perf.data (created by perf record) and display trace output
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'perf script' [<options>]
+'perf script' [<options>] record <script> [<record-options>] <command>
+'perf script' [<options>] report <script> [script-args]
+'perf script' [<options>] <script> <required-script-args> [<record-options>] <command>
+'perf script' [<options>] <top-script> [script-args]
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+This command reads the input file and displays the trace recorded.
+
+There are several variants of perf script:
+
+ 'perf script' to see a detailed trace of the workload that was
+ recorded.
+
+ You can also run a set of pre-canned scripts that aggregate and
+ summarize the raw trace data in various ways (the list of scripts is
+ available via 'perf script -l'). The following variants allow you to
+ record and run those scripts:
+
+ 'perf script record <script> <command>' to record the events required
+ for 'perf script report'. <script> is the name displayed in the
+ output of 'perf script --list' i.e. the actual script name minus any
+ language extension. If <command> is not specified, the events are
+ recorded using the -a (system-wide) 'perf record' option.
+
+ 'perf script report <script> [args]' to run and display the results
+ of <script>. <script> is the name displayed in the output of 'perf
+ trace --list' i.e. the actual script name minus any language
+ extension. The perf.data output from a previous run of 'perf script
+ record <script>' is used and should be present for this command to
+ succeed. [args] refers to the (mainly optional) args expected by
+ the script.
+
+ 'perf script <script> <required-script-args> <command>' to both
+ record the events required for <script> and to run the <script>
+ using 'live-mode' i.e. without writing anything to disk. <script>
+ is the name displayed in the output of 'perf script --list' i.e. the
+ actual script name minus any language extension. If <command> is
+ not specified, the events are recorded using the -a (system-wide)
+ 'perf record' option. If <script> has any required args, they
+ should be specified before <command>. This mode doesn't allow for
+ optional script args to be specified; if optional script args are
+ desired, they can be specified using separate 'perf script record'
+ and 'perf script report' commands, with the stdout of the record step
+ piped to the stdin of the report script, using the '-o -' and '-i -'
+ options of the corresponding commands.
+
+ 'perf script <top-script>' to both record the events required for
+ <top-script> and to run the <top-script> using 'live-mode'
+ i.e. without writing anything to disk. <top-script> is the name
+ displayed in the output of 'perf script --list' i.e. the actual
+ script name minus any language extension; a <top-script> is defined
+ as any script name ending with the string 'top'.
+
+ [<record-options>] can be passed to the record steps of 'perf script
+ record' and 'live-mode' variants; this isn't possible however for
+ <top-script> 'live-mode' or 'perf script report' variants.
+
+ See the 'SEE ALSO' section for links to language-specific
+ information on how to write and run your own trace scripts.
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+<command>...::
+ Any command you can specify in a shell.
+
+-D::
+--dump-raw-script=::
+ Display verbose dump of the trace data.
+
+-L::
+--Latency=::
+ Show latency attributes (irqs/preemption disabled, etc).
+
+-l::
+--list=::
+ Display a list of available trace scripts.
+
+-s ['lang']::
+--script=::
+ Process trace data with the given script ([lang]:script[.ext]).
+ If the string 'lang' is specified in place of a script name, a
+ list of supported languages will be displayed instead.
+
+-g::
+--gen-script=::
+ Generate perf-script.[ext] starter script for given language,
+ using current perf.data.
+
+-a::
+ Force system-wide collection. Scripts run without a <command>
+ normally use -a by default, while scripts run with a <command>
+ normally don't - this option allows the latter to be run in
+ system-wide mode.
+
+-i::
+--input=::
+ Input file name.
+
+-d::
+--debug-mode::
+ Do various checks like samples ordering and lost events.
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-script-perl[1],
+linkperf:perf-script-python[1]