babeltrace(1): print value with colors
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1.TH "BABELTRACE" "1" "February 6, 2012" "" ""
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3.SH "NAME"
4babeltrace \(em Babeltrace Trace Viewer and Converter
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6.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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8.PP
9.nf
4e85cbfd 10babeltrace [OPTIONS] FILE...
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12.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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14.PP
15Babeltrace is a trace viewer and converter reading and writing the
16Common Trace Format (CTF). Its main use is to pretty-print CTF traces
e9a6238d 17into a human-readable text output ordered by time.
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19.PP
20This program follow the usual GNU command line syntax with long options
21starting with two dashes. Below is a summary of the available options.
22.PP
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24.TP
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25.BR "FILE"
26Input trace FILE(s) or directory(ies)
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4e85cbfd 28.BR "-w, --output OUTPUT"
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29Output trace path (default: stdout)
30.TP
31.BR "-i, --input-format FORMAT"
35654abd 32Input trace format (default: ctf)
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34.BR "-o, --output-format FORMAT"
35Output trace format (default: text)
36.TP
37.BR "-h, --help"
38This help message
39.TP
40.BR "-l, --list"
41List available formats
42.TP
43.BR "-v, --verbose"
44Verbose mode (or set BABELTRACE_VERBOSE environment variable)
45.TP
46.BR "-d, --debug"
47Debug mode (or set BABELTRACE_DEBUG environment variable)
48.TP
49.BR "--no-delta"
50Do not print time delta between consecutive events
51.TP
52.BR "-n, --names name1<,name2,...>"
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53Print field names: (payload OR args OR arg), none, all, scope, header,
54(context OR ctx), (default: payload,context).
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56.BR "-f, --fields name1<,name2,...>"
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57Print additional fields: all, trace, trace:hostname, trace:domain,
58trace:procname, trace:vpid, loglevel.
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051ac50f 60.BR "--clock-cycles"
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61Disregard internal clock offset (use raw value)
62.TP
63.BR "--clock-offset seconds"
64Clock offset in seconds
65.TP
66.BR "--clock-seconds"
67Print the timestamps as [sec.ns] (default is: [hh:mm:ss.ns])
68.TP
69.BR "--clock-date"
70Print clock date
71.TP
72.BR "--clock-gmt"
73Print clock in GMT time zone (default: local time zone)
74.TP
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75.BR "--stream-intersection"
76Only print events when all streams are active
77.TP
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78.BR "--debug-info-dir"
79Directory in which to look for debugging information files (default: /usr/lib/debug/)
80.TP
81.BR "--debug-info-target-prefix"
82Directory to use as a prefix for executable lookup
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83.TP
84.BR "--debug-info-full-path"
85Show full debug info source and binary paths (if available)
86.TP
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56f91711 89Formats available: ctf, lttng-live, dummy, text, ctf-metadata.
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91.SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES"
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9faffb81 94Note that all command line options will override environment variables.
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98.IP "BABELTRACE_VERBOSE"
99Activate verbose Babeltrace output.
100.PP
101.IP "BABELTRACE_DEBUG"
102Activate debug Babeltrace output.
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104.SH "SEE ALSO"
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106.PP
28070aac 107babeltrace-log(1), lttng(1), lttng-ust(3), lttng-sessiond(8)
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108.PP
109.SH "BUGS"
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112The lttng-live plugin does not honor the the "--output" command line
113option.
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115If you encounter any issues or usability problem, please report it on
116our mailing list <lttng-dev@lists.lttng.org> to help improve this
117project.
118.SH "CREDITS"
119
120Babeltrace and the babeltrace library are distributed under the MIT
121license. See the files LICENSE and mit-license.txt for details.
122.PP
123A Web site is available at http://www.efficios.com/babeltrace for more
124information on Babeltrace and the Common Trace Format. See
125http://lttng.org for more information on the LTTng project.
126.PP
127Mailing list for support and development: <lttng-dev@lists.lttng.org>.
128.PP
129You can find us on IRC server irc.oftc.net (OFTC) in #lttng.
130.PP
131.SH "THANKS"
132
133Thanks to the Linux Foundation and Ericsson for funding part of this
134work. Thanks to the Multicore Association Tool Infrastructure Working
135Group for their active role in the creation of the Common Trace Format.
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137.SH "AUTHORS"
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139.PP
140Babeltrace was originally written by Mathieu Desnoyers, with additional
141contributions from various other people. It is currently maintained by
142Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>.
143.PP
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