ophelp(1)

1OPHELP(1)                   General Commands Manual                  OPHELP(1)
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NAME

6       ophelp - list OProfile events
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SYNOPSIS

9       ophelp [ options ] [event name]
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DESCRIPTION

12       By  default, ophelp lists the available performance counter options. If
13       you give it a symbolic event name, it will return  the  hardware  value
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OPTIONS

18       --cpu-type / -c
19              Show the events for the given numerical CPU type.
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24       --get-default-event / -d
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27       --check-events / -e [events]
28              Check the given space-separated event descriptions for validity.
29              If the events are valid, show which pmu counter each event would
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32       --callgraph [callgraph_depth]
33              Use  the  callgraph depth to compute the higher minimum sampling
34              intervals for the events.
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36       --unit-mask / -u [event]
37              Show the default unit mask for the given event.
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45       --xml / -X
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48       --help / -? / --usage
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51       --version / -v
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ENVIRONMENT

56       No special environment variables are recognised by ophelp.
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FILES

60       $prefix/share/oprofile/
61              Event description files used by OProfile.
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64              The location of the generated sample files.
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VERSION

68       This man page is current for oprofile-0.9.9.
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