Sh - Perf Utility

About

Perf is the performance counters subsystem in Linux.

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Installation

yum -y install perf

where:

• yum

Syntax

perf [--version] [--help] COMMAND [ARGS]

Where:

• command can be:
  • annotate Read perf.data (created by perf record) and display annotated code
  • list List all symbolic event types
  • record Run a command and record its profile into perf.data
  • report Read perf.data (created by perf record) and display the profile
  • sched Tool to trace/measure scheduler properties (latencies)
  • stat Run a command and gather performance counter statistics
  • timechart Tool to visualize total system behavior during a workload
  • top System profiling tool.
  • trace Read perf.data (created by perf record) and display trace output

See 'perf help COMMAND' for more information on a specific command.

Documentation / Reference

• perf: Linux profiling with performance counters
• PERF plug-in for Eclipse. It allows the developer to execute profiles in their applications using quick launch actions and visualizing the results in an user-friendly interface.