1BABELTRACE2-CONVERT(1) Babeltrace 2 manual BABELTRACE2-CONVERT(1)
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6 babeltrace2-convert - Convert one or more traces to a given format
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9 Pretty-print (plain text) the events, in order, of one or more traces:
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11 babeltrace2 [GENERAL OPTIONS] [convert] [--retry-duration=TIME-US]
12 TRACE-PATH...
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14 Convert one or more traces to a given format:
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16 babeltrace2 [GENERAL OPTIONS] [convert] [--retry-duration=TIME-US]
17 CONVERSION ARGS
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19 Get the equivalent babeltrace2-run(1) command arguments to convert one
20 or more traces to a given format:
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22 babeltrace2 [GENERAL OPTIONS] [convert] [--retry-duration=TIME-US]
23 (--run-args | --run-args-0) CONVERSION ARGS
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25 Print the metadata text of a CTF trace:
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27 babeltrace2 [GENERAL OPTIONS] [convert] [--output=OUTPATH]
28 --output-format=ctf-metadata TRACE-PATH
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30 Print the available remote LTTng tracing sessions (see
31 <https://lttng.org/docs/#doc-lttng-live>):
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33 babeltrace2 [GENERAL OPTIONS] [convert] [--output=OUTPATH]
34 --input-format=lttng-live URL
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37 The convert command converts one or more traces to a given format,
38 possibly with filters in the conversion path.
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40 See babeltrace2-intro(7) to learn more about the Babeltrace 2 project
41 and its core concepts.
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43 Note
44 convert is the default babeltrace2(1) command: you generally don’t
45 need to specify its name. The following commands are equivalent if
46 the ... part does not start with another babeltrace2(1) command’s
47 name, like run or list-plugins:
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49 $ babeltrace2 convert ...
50 $ babeltrace2 ...
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52 If you need to make sure that you are executing the convert
53 command, use babeltrace2 convert explicitly.
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55 More specifically, the convert command creates a conversion graph.
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57 A conversion graph is a specialized trace processing graph focused on
58 the conversion of one or more traces to another format, possibly
59 filtering or modifying their events and other messages in the process.
60 A conversion graph is a linear chain of components once the source
61 streams are merged:
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63 +----------+
64 | source 1 @-.
65 +----------+ |
66 | +-------+
67 +----------+ '->@ | +---------+ +------------+
68 | source 2 @--->@ muxer @--->@ trimmer @--->@ debug-info @-.
69 +----------+ .->@ | +---------+ +------------+ |
70 | +-------+ |
71 +----------+ | .----------------------------------------'
72 | ... @-' | +---------------+ +------+
73 +----------+ '->@ other filters |--->@ sink |
74 +---------------+ +------+
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76 Note that the trimmer, debugging information, and other filters are
77 optional. See “Create implicit components from options” to learn how to
78 enable them.
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80 If you need another trace processing graph layout, use the more
81 flexible babeltrace2-run(1) command.
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83 Like with the babeltrace2-run(1) command, you can create components
84 explicitly with the --component option (see “Create explicit
85 components”). You can also use one of the many specific convert command
86 options (see “Create implicit components from options”) and non-option
87 arguments (see “Create implicit components from non-option arguments”)
88 to create implicit components.
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90 An implicit component is a component which is created and added to the
91 conversion graph without an explicit instantiation through the
92 --component option. An implicit component is easier to create than an
93 explicit component: this is why the convert command exists, as you can
94 also create and run a conversion graph with the generic
95 babeltrace2-run(1) command.
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97 For example, you can specify one or more CTF trace path as non-option
98 arguments to pretty-print the merged events to the standard output:
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100 $ babeltrace2 /path/to/trace /path/to/other/trace
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102 This is the equivalent of creating and connecting together:
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104 • One source.ctf.fs components with its inputs initialization
105 parameter set to /path/to/trace.
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107 • One source.ctf.fs components with its inputs initialization
108 parameter set to /path/to/other/trace.
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110 • A filter.utils.muxer component.
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112 • A sink.text.pretty component.
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114 This creates the following conversion graph:
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116 +------------+ +-----------------+ +------------------+
117 | src.ctf.fs | | flt.utils.muxer | | sink.text.pretty |
118 | [ctf-fs] | | [muxer] | | [pretty] |
119 | | | | | |
120 | stream0 @--->@ in0 out @--->@ in |
121 | stream1 @--->@ in1 | +------------------+
122 | stream2 @--->@ in2 |
123 | stream3 @--->@ in3 |
124 +------------+ | |
125 | |
126 +------------+ | |
127 | src.ctf.fs | | |
128 | [ctf-fs-2] | | |
129 | | | |
130 | stream0 @--->@ in4 |
131 | stream1 @--->@ in5 |
132 +------------+ @ in6 |
133 +-----------------+
134
135 It is equivalent to the following babeltrace2-run(1) command line:
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137 $ babeltrace2 run --component=ctf-fs:src.ctf.fs \
138 --params='inputs=["/path/to/trace"] \
139 --component=ctf-fs-2:src.ctf.fs \
140 --params='inputs=["/path/to/other/trace"] \
141 --component=muxer:filter.utils.muxer \
142 --component=pretty:sink.text.pretty \
143 --connect=ctf*:muxer --connect=muxer:pretty
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145 You can use the --run-args option to make the convert command print its
146 equivalent run command arguments instead of creating and running the
147 conversion graph. The printed arguments are escaped for shells, which
148 means you can use them as is on the command line and possibly add more
149 options to the run command:
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151 $ babeltrace2 run $(babeltrace2 --run-args /path/to/trace) ...
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153 The --run-args-0 option is like the --run-args option, but the printed
154 arguments are NOT escaped and they are separated by a null character
155 instead of a space. This is useful if the resulting arguments are not
156 the direct input of a shell, for example if passed to xargs -0.
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158 See “EXAMPLES” for usage examples.
159
160 Create explicit components
161 To explicitly create a component, use the --component option. This
162 option specifies:
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164 • Optional: The name of the component.
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166 • The type of the component class to instantiate: source, filter, or
167 sink.
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169 • The name of the plugin in which to find the component class to
170 instantiate.
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172 • The name of the component class to instantiate.
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174 You can use the --component option multiple times to create multiple
175 components. You can instantiate the same component class multiple times
176 as different component instances.
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178 Immediately following a --component option on the command line, the
179 created component is known as the current component (until the next
180 --component option or non-option argument).
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182 The following command-line options apply to the current component:
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184 --log-level=LVL
185 Set the log level of the current component to LVL.
186
187 --params=PARAMS
188 Add PARAMS to the initialization parameters of the current
189 component.
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191 If PARAMS contains a key which exists in the current component’s
192 initialization parameters, replace the parameter.
193
194 See “EXAMPLES” for usage examples.
195
196 Create implicit components from non-option arguments
197 When you specify a non-option argument to the convert command, it tries
198 to find one or more components which can handle this argument.
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200 For example, with this command line:
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202 $ babeltrace2 /path/to/trace
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204 If /path/to/trace is a CTF trace directory, then the convert command
205 creates a source.ctf.fs component to handle this specific trace.
206
207 This automatic source component discovery mechanism is possible thanks
208 to component classes which support the babeltrace.support-info query
209 object (see babeltrace2-query-babeltrace.support-info(7)).
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211 The non-option argument can be a directory. If no component can handle
212 that specific directory, then the convert command traverses that
213 directory and recursively tries to find compatible components for each
214 file and subdirectory. This means that a single non-option argument can
215 lead to the creation of many implicit components.
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217 The following command-line options apply to ALL the implicit components
218 created from the last non-option argument:
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220 --log-level=LVL
221 Set the log level of those implicit components to LVL.
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223 --params=PARAMS
224 Add PARAMS to the initialization parameters of those implicit
225 components.
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227 For a given implicit component, if PARAMS contains a key which
228 exists in this component’s initialization parameters, replace the
229 parameter.
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231 Note that it’s also possible for two non-option arguments to cause the
232 creation of a single implicit component. For example, if you specify:
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234 $ babeltrace2 /path/to/chunk1 /path/to/chunk2
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236 where /path/to/chunk1 and /path/to/chunk2 are paths to chunks of the
237 same logical CTF trace, then the convert command creates a single
238 source.ctf.fs component which receives both paths at initialization
239 time. When this happens, any --log-level or --params option that you
240 specify to one of them applies to the single implicit component. For
241 example:
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243 $ babeltrace2 /path/to/chunk1 --params=clock-class-offset-s=450 \
244 /path/to/chunk2 --params=clock-class-offset-ns=98 \
245 --log-level=INFO
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247 Here, the single implicit component gets both clock-class-offset-s and
248 clock-class-offset-ns initialization parameters, as well as the INFO
249 log level.
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251 For backward compatibility with the babeltrace(1) program, the convert
252 command ignores any non-option argument which does not cause the
253 creation of any component. In that case, it emits a warning log
254 statement and continues.
255
256 Create implicit components from options
257 There are many ways to create implicit components from options with the
258 convert command:
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260 • To create an implicit filter.utils.trimmer component (stream
261 trimmer), specify the --begin, --end, or --timerange option.
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263 Examples:
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265 $ babeltrace2 /path/to/trace --begin=22:14:38 --end=22:15:07
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267 $ babeltrace2 /path/to/trace --timerange=22:14:38,22:15:07
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269 $ babeltrace2 /path/to/trace --end=12:31:04.882928015
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271 • To create an implicit filter.lttng-utils.debug-info (add debugging
272 information to compatible LTTng events), specify any of the
273 --debug-info, --debug-info-dir, --debug-info-full-path, or --debug-
274 info-target-prefix options.
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276 Examples:
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278 $ babeltrace2 /path/to/trace --debug-info
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280 $ babeltrace2 /path/to/trace \
281 --debug-info-target-prefix=/tmp/tgt-root
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283 $ babeltrace2 /path/to/trace --debug-info-full-path
284
285 • To create an implicit sink.text.pretty component (pretty-printing
286 text output to the standard output or to a file), specify no other
287 sink components, explicit or implicit.
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289 The implicit sink.text.pretty component exists by default. If any
290 other explicit or implicit sink component exists, the convert
291 command does not automatically create the implicit sink.text.pretty
292 component.
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294 The --clock-cycles, --clock-date, --clock-gmt, --clock-seconds,
295 --color, --fields, --names, and --no-delta options all apply to the
296 implicit sink.text.pretty component.
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298 The --output option without --output-format=ctf makes the implicit
299 sink.text.pretty component write its content to a file, except the
300 warnings for backward compatibility with the babeltrace(1) program.
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302 Examples:
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304 $ babeltrace2 /path/to/trace
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306 $ babeltrace2 /path/to/trace --no-delta
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308 $ babeltrace2 /path/to/trace --output=/tmp/pretty-out
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310 • To create an implicit sink.utils.dummy component (no output),
311 specify the --output-format=dummy option.
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313 Example:
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315 $ babeltrace2 /path/to/trace --output-format=dummy
316
317 • To create an implicit sink.ctf.fs component (CTF traces written to
318 the file system), specify the --output-format=ctf and the
319 --output=DIR (base output directory) options.
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321 Example:
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323 $ babeltrace2 /path/to/input/trace --output-format=ctf \
324 --output=my-traces
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326 You can combine multiple methods to create multiple implicit
327 components. For example, you can trim an LTTng (CTF) trace, add
328 debugging information to it, and write it as another CTF trace:
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330 $ babeltrace2 /path/to/input/trace --timerange=22:14:38,22:15:07 \
331 --debug-info --output-format=ctf --output=out-dir
332
333 The equivalent babeltrace2-run(1) command of this convert command is:
334
335 $ babeltrace2 run --component=auto-disc-source-ctf-fs:source.ctf.fs \
336 --params='inputs=["/path/to/input/trace"]' \
337 --component=sink-ctf-fs:sink.ctf.fs \
338 --params='path="out-dir"' \
339 --component=muxer:filter.utils.muxer \
340 --component=trimmer:filter.utils.trimmer \
341 --params='begin="22:14:38"' \
342 --params='end="22:15:07"' \
343 --component=debug-info:filter.lttng-utils.debug-info \
344 --connect=auto-disc-source-ctf-fs:muxer \
345 --connect=muxer:trimmer \
346 --connect=trimmer:debug-info \
347 --connect=debug-info:sink-ctf-fs
348
349 The order of the implicit component options documented in this
350 subsection is not significant.
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352 See “EXAMPLES” for more examples.
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355 General
356 You can use those options before the command name.
357
358 See babeltrace2(1) for more details.
359
360 -d, --debug
361 Legacy option: this is equivalent to --log-level=TRACE.
362
363 -l LVL, --log-level=LVL
364 Set the log level of all known Babeltrace 2 loggers to LVL.
365
366 --omit-home-plugin-path
367 Do not search for plugins in $HOME/.local/lib/babeltrace2/plugins.
368
369 --omit-system-plugin-path
370 Do not search for plugins in /usr/local/lib/babeltrace2/plugins.
371
372 --plugin-path=PATH[:PATH]...
373 Add PATH to the list of paths in which plugins can be found.
374
375 -v, --verbose
376 Legacy option: this is equivalent to --log-level=INFO.
377
378 Explicit component creation
379 See “Create explicit components” to learn how to use the following
380 option.
381
382 -c [NAME:]COMP-CLS-TYPE.PLUGIN-NAME.COMP-CLS-NAME,
383 --component=[NAME:]COMP-CLS-TYPE.PLUGIN-NAME.COMP-CLS-NAME
384 Create a component named NAME (if specified) from the component
385 class of type COMP-CLS-TYPE named COMP-CLS-NAME found in the plugin
386 named PLUGIN-NAME, and set it as the current component.
387
388 The available values for COMP-CLS-TYPE are:
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390 source, src
391 Source component class.
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393 filter, flt
394 Filter component class.
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396 sink
397 Sink component class.
398
399 Common component creation
400 See “Create explicit components” and “Create implicit components from
401 non-option arguments” to learn how to use the following options.
402
403 The following options apply to either the current explicit component
404 (last --component option) or to ALL the implicit components created
405 from the last non-option argument.
406
407 -l LVL, --log-level=LVL
408 Set the log level of the current component(s) to LVL.
409
410 The available values for LVL are:
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412 NONE, N
413 Logging is disabled.
414
415 FATAL, F
416 Severe errors that lead the execution to abort immediately.
417
418 This level should be enabled in production.
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420 ERROR, E
421 Errors that might still allow the execution to continue.
422
423 Usually, once one or more errors are reported at this level,
424 the application, plugin, or library won’t perform any more
425 useful task, but it should still exit cleanly.
426
427 This level should be enabled in production.
428
429 WARN, WARNING, W
430 Unexpected situations which still allow the execution to
431 continue.
432
433 This level should be enabled in production.
434
435 INFO, I
436 Informational messages that highlight progress or important
437 states of the application, plugins, or library.
438
439 This level can be enabled in production.
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441 DEBUG, D
442 Debugging information, with a higher level of details than the
443 TRACE level.
444
445 This level should NOT be enabled in production.
446
447 TRACE, T
448 Low-level debugging context information.
449
450 This level should NOT be enabled in production.
451
452 -p PARAMS, --params=PARAMS
453 Add PARAMS to the initialization parameters of the current
454 component(s).
455
456 If PARAMS contains a key which exists in the initialization
457 parameters of the current component(s), replace the parameter.
458
459 The format of PARAMS is a comma-separated list of NAME=VALUE
460 assignments:
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462 NAME=VALUE[,NAME=VALUE]...
463
464 NAME
465 Parameter name (C identifier plus the :, ., and - characters).
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467 VALUE
468 One of:
469
470 • null, nul, NULL: null value.
471
472 • true, TRUE, yes, YES: true boolean value.
473
474 • false, FALSE, no, NO: false boolean value.
475
476 • Binary (0b prefix), octal (0 prefix), decimal, or
477 hexadecimal (0x prefix) unsigned (with + prefix) or signed
478 64-bit integer.
479
480 • Double precision floating point number (scientific notation
481 is accepted).
482
483 • Unquoted string with no special characters, and not
484 matching any of the null and boolean value symbols above.
485
486 • Double-quoted string (accepts escape characters).
487
488 • Array, formatted as an opening [, a comma-separated list of
489 VALUE, and a closing ].
490
491 • Map, formatted as an opening {, a comma-separated list of
492 NAME=VALUE assignments, and a closing }.
493
494 You may put whitespaces around the individual = (assignment), ,
495 (separator), [ (array beginning), ] (array end), { (map
496 beginning), and } (map end) characters.
497
498 Example:
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500 --params='many=null, fresh=yes, condition=false, squirrel=-782329,
501 play=+23, observe=3.14, simple=beef,
502 needs-quotes="some string",
503 escape.chars-are:allowed="a \" quote",
504 things=[1, "hello", 2.71828],
505 frog={slow=2, bath=[bike, 23], blind=NO}'
506
507 Important
508 Like in the example above, make sure to single-quote the whole
509 argument when you run this command from a shell, as it can
510 contain many special characters.
511
512 Legacy options to create implicit components
513 -i FORMAT, --input-format=FORMAT
514 Force the convert command to create components from a specific
515 component class for non-option arguments (see “Create implicit
516 components from non-option arguments”), or list available remote
517 LTTng tracing sessions.
518
519 The available values for FORMAT are:
520
521 ctf
522 Use the source.ctf.fs component class.
523
524 Each non-option argument of the command line is a CTF trace or
525 CTF trace chunk.
526
527 See babeltrace2-source.ctf.fs(7) to learn more about this
528 component class.
529
530 lttng-live
531 Depending on the format of the first non-option argument:
532
533 net[4]://RDHOST[:RDPORT]
534 List the available remote LTTng tracing sessions for the
535 LTTng relay daemon at the address RDHOST and port RDPORT
536 (5344 if not specified), and then exit.
537
538 net[4]://RDHOST[:RDPORT]/host/TGTHOST/SESSION
539 Use the source.ctf.lttng-live component class.
540
541 See babeltrace2-source.ctf.lttng-live(7) to learn more
542 about this component class and the URL format.
543
544 You can specify at most one --input-format option.
545
546 -o FORMAT, --output-format=FORMAT
547 Create an implicit sink component with format FORMAT or print the
548 metadata text of a CTF trace.
549
550 The available values for FORMAT are:
551
552 text
553 Create an implicit sink.text.pretty component.
554
555 See “Implicit sink.text.pretty component”.
556
557 See babeltrace2-sink.text.pretty(7) to learn more about this
558 component class.
559
560 ctf
561 Create an implicit sink.ctf.fs component. Specify the base
562 output path with the --output option.
563
564 See babeltrace2-sink.ctf.fs(7) to learn more about this
565 component class.
566
567 dummy
568 Create an implicit sink.utils.dummy component.
569
570 See babeltrace2-sink.utils.dummy(7) to learn more about this
571 component class.
572
573 ctf-metadata
574 Print the metadata text of a CTF trace and exit.
575
576 The first non-option argument specifies the path to the CTF
577 trace.
578
579 You can specify at most one --output-format option.
580
581 Implicit source.ctf.fs component(s)
582 See babeltrace2-source.ctf.fs(7) to learn more about this component
583 class.
584
585 --clock-force-correlate
586 Set the force-clock-class-origin-unix-epoch initialization
587 parameter of all the implicit source.ctf.fs components to true.
588
589 The force-clock-class-origin-unix-epoch initialization parameter
590 makes all the created clock classes have a Unix epoch origin. This
591 is useful to force the clock classes of multiple traces to be
592 compatible even if they are not inherently.
593
594 --clock-offset=SEC
595 Set the clock-class-offset-s initialization parameter of all the
596 implicit source.ctf.fs components to SEC.
597
598 The clock-class-offset-s initialization parameter adds SEC seconds
599 to the offsets of all the clock classes that the component creates.
600
601 You can combine this option with --clock-offset-ns.
602
603 --clock-offset-ns=NS
604 Set the clock-class-offset-ns initialization parameter of all the
605 implicit source.ctf.fs components to NS.
606
607 The clock-class-offset-ns initialization parameter adds NS
608 nanoseconds to the offsets of all the clock classes that the
609 component creates.
610
611 You can combine this option with --clock-offset-s.
612
613 Implicit filter.utils.trimmer component
614 If you specify at least one of the following options, you create an
615 implicit filter.utils.trimmer component.
616
617 See babeltrace2-filter.utils.trimmer(7) to learn more about this
618 component class.
619
620 --begin=TIME
621 Set the begin initialization parameter of the component to TIME.
622
623 You cannot use this option with the --timerange option.
624
625 The format of TIME is one of:
626
627 YYYY-MM-DD HH:II[:SS[.NANO]]
628 HH:II[:SS[.NANO]]
629 [-]SEC[.NANO]
630
631 YYYY
632 4-digit year.
633
634 MM
635 2-digit month (January is 01).
636
637 DD
638 2-digit day.
639
640 HH
641 2-digit hour (24-hour format).
642
643 II
644 2-digit minute.
645
646 SS
647 2-digit second.
648
649 NANO
650 Nanoseconds (up to nine digits).
651
652 SEC
653 Seconds since origin.
654
655 --end=TIME
656 Set the end initialization parameter of the component to TIME.
657
658 You cannot use this option with the --timerange option.
659
660 See the --begin option for the format of TIME.
661
662 --timerange=BEGIN,END
663 Equivalent to --begin=BEGIN and --end=END.
664
665 You can also surround the whole argument with [ and ].
666
667 Implicit filter.lttng-utils.debug-info component
668 If you specify at least one of the following options, you create an
669 implicit filter.lttng-utils.debug-info component. This component only
670 alters compatible LTTng events.
671
672 See babeltrace2-filter.lttng-utils.debug-info(7) to learn more about
673 this component class.
674
675 --debug-info
676 Create an implicit filter.lttng-utils.debug-info component.
677
678 This option is useless if you specify any of the options below.
679
680 --debug-info-dir=DIR
681 Set the debug-info-dir initialization parameter of the component to
682 DIR.
683
684 The debug-info-dir parameter indicates where the component should
685 find the debugging information it needs if it’s not found in the
686 actual executable files.
687
688 --debug-info-full-path
689 Set the full-path initialization parameter of the component to
690 true.
691
692 When the full-path parameter is true, the component writes the full
693 (absolute) paths to files in its debugging information fields
694 instead of just the short names.
695
696 --debug-info-target-prefix=PREFIX
697 Set the target-prefix initialization parameter of the component to
698 PREFIX.
699
700 The target-prefix parameter is a path to prepend to the paths to
701 executables recorded in the trace. For example, if a trace contains
702 the executable path /usr/bin/ls in its state dump events, and you
703 specify --debug-info-target-prefix=/home/user/boards/xyz/root, then
704 the component opens the /home/user/boards/xyz/root/usr/bin/ls file
705 to find debugging information.
706
707 Implicit sink.text.pretty component
708 If you specify at least one of the following options, you force the
709 convert command’s sink component to be an implicit sink.text.pretty
710 component.
711
712 See babeltrace2-sink.text.pretty(7) to learn more about this component
713 class.
714
715 --clock-cycles
716 Set the clock-seconds initialization parameter of the component to
717 true.
718
719 The clock-cycles parameter makes the component print the event time
720 in clock cycles.
721
722 --clock-date
723 Set the clock-date initialization parameter of the component to
724 true.
725
726 The clock-date parameter makes the component print the date and the
727 time of events.
728
729 --clock-gmt
730 Set the clock-gmt initialization parameter of the component to
731 true.
732
733 The clock-gmt parameter makes the component not apply the local
734 timezone to the printed times.
735
736 --clock-seconds
737 Set the clock-seconds initialization parameter of the component to
738 true.
739
740 The clock-seconds parameter makes the component print the event
741 times in seconds since the Unix epoch.
742
743 --color=WHEN
744 Set the color initialization parameter of the component to WHEN.
745
746 The available values for WHEN are:
747
748 auto
749 Only emit terminal color codes when the standard output and
750 error streams are connected to a color-capable terminal.
751
752 never
753 Never emit terminal color codes.
754
755 always
756 Always emit terminal color codes.
757
758 The auto and always values have no effect if the
759 BABELTRACE_TERM_COLOR environment variable is set to NEVER.
760
761 --fields=FIELD[,FIELD]...
762 For each FIELD, set the field-FIELD initialization parameter of the
763 component to true.
764
765 For example, --fields=trace,loglevel,emf sets the field-trace,
766 field-loglevel, and field-emf initialization parameters to true.
767
768 The available value for FIELD are:
769
770 • trace
771
772 • trace:hostname
773
774 • trace:domain
775
776 • trace:procname
777
778 • trace:vpid
779
780 • loglevel
781
782 • emf
783
784 • callsite
785
786 --names=NAME[,NAME]...
787 For each NAME, set the name-NAME initialization parameter of the
788 component to true.
789
790 For example, --names=payload,scope sets the name-payload and name-
791 scope initialization parameters to true.
792
793 The available value for NAME are:
794
795 • payload
796
797 • context
798
799 • scope
800
801 • header
802
803 --no-delta
804 Set the no-delta initialization parameter of the component to true.
805
806 When the no-delta parameter is true, the component does not print
807 the duration since the last event on the line.
808
809 Shared options
810 -w PATH, --output=PATH
811 With --output-format=ctf-metadata or --input-format=lttng-live
812 (when printing the available remote LTTng tracing sessions), write
813 the text to the file PATH instead of the standard output.
814
815 When you specify --output-format=ctf, set the path initialization
816 parameter of the implicit sink.ctf.fs component to PATH.
817
818 Without any specified sink component, explicit or implicit, force
819 the convert command’s sink component to be an implicit
820 sink.text.pretty component and set its path initialization
821 parameter to PATH.
822
823 See babeltrace2-sink.ctf.fs(7) and babeltrace2-sink.text.pretty(7)
824 to learn more about those component classes.
825
826 Equivalent babeltrace2 run arguments
827 --run-args
828 Print the equivalent babeltrace2-run(1) arguments instead of
829 creating and running the conversion graph.
830
831 The printed arguments are space-separated and individually escaped
832 for safe shell input.
833
834 You cannot use this option with the --run-args-0 or --stream-
835 intersection option.
836
837 --run-args-0
838 Print the equivalent babeltrace2-run(1) arguments instead of
839 creating and running the conversion graph.
840
841 The printed arguments are separated with a null character and NOT
842 escaped for safe shell input.
843
844 You cannot use this option with the --run-args or --stream-
845 intersection option.
846
847 Conversion graph configuration
848 --retry-duration=TIME-US
849 Set the duration of a single retry to TIME-US µs when a sink
850 component reports "try again later" (busy network or file system,
851 for example).
852
853 Default: 100000 (100 ms).
854
855 --stream-intersection
856 Enable the stream intersection mode.
857
858 In this mode, for each trace, the convert command filters out the
859 events and other messages which are not in the time range where all
860 the trace’s streams are active.
861
862 To use this option, all the source components, explicit and
863 implicit, must have classes which support the babeltrace.trace-
864 infos query object (see babeltrace2-query-babeltrace.trace-
865 infos(7)). The only Babeltrace 2 project’s component class which
866 supports this query object is source.ctf.fs.
867
868 You cannot use this option with the --run-args or --run-args-0
869 option.
870
871 Other legacy options
872 The following options exist for backward compatibility with the
873 babeltrace(1) program.
874
875 -d, --debug
876 Legacy option: this is equivalent to --log-level=TRACE, where
877 --log-level is the general option (not this command’s --log-level
878 option).
879
880 -v, --verbose
881 Legacy option: this is equivalent to --log-level=INFO, where --log-
882 level is the general option (not this command’s --log-level
883 option).
884
885 This option also sets the verbose parameter of the implicit
886 sink.text.pretty component (see babeltrace2-sink.text.pretty(7)) to
887 true.
888
889 Command information
890 -h, --help
891 Show the command’s help and quit.
892
894 Example 1. Pretty-print the events, in order, of one or more CTF
895 traces.
896
897 $ babeltrace2 my-ctf-traces
898
899 $ babeltrace2 my-ctf-traces
900
901 $ babeltrace2 my-ctf-trace-1 my-ctf-trace-2 my-ctf-trace-3
902
903 Example 2. Trim a CTF trace and pretty-print the events.
904
905 $ babeltrace2 my-ctf-trace --begin=22:55:43.658582931 \
906 --end=22:55:46.967687564
907
908 $ babeltrace2 my-trace --begin=22:55:43.658582931
909
910 $ babeltrace2 my-trace --end=22:55:46.967687564
911
912 $ babeltrace2 my-trace --timerange=22:55:43,22:55:46.967687564
913
914 Example 3. Trim a CTF trace, enable the stream intersection mode, and
915 write a CTF trace.
916
917 $ babeltrace2 my-ctf-trace --stream-intersection \
918 --timerange=22:55:43,22:55:46.967687564 \
919 --output-format=ctf --output=out-ctf-trace
920
921 Example 4. Print the available remote LTTng sessions (through LTTng
922 live).
923
924 $ babeltrace2 --input-format=lttng-live net://localhost
925
926 Example 5. Pretty-print LTTng live events.
927
928 $ babeltrace2 net://localhost/host/myhostname/my-session-name
929
930 Example 6. Record LTTng live traces to the file system (as CTF traces).
931
932 $ babeltrace2 net://localhost/host/myhostname/my-session-name \
933 --params=session-not-found-action=end \
934 --output-format=ctf --output=out-ctf-traces
935
936 Example 7. Read a CTF trace as fast as possible using a dummy output.
937
938 $ babeltrace2 my-trace --output-format=dummy
939
940 Example 8. Read three CTF traces in stream intersection mode, add
941 debugging information, and pretty-print them to a file.
942
943 $ babeltrace2 ctf-trace1 ctf-trace2 ctf-trace3 --stream-intersection \
944 --debug-info --output=pretty-out
945
946 Example 9. Pretty-print a CTF trace and traces from an explicit source
947 component, with the event times showed in seconds since the Unix epoch.
948
949 $ babeltrace2 ctf-trace --component=src.my-plugin.my-src \
950 --params='path="spec-trace",output-some-event-type=yes' \
951 --clock-seconds
952
953 Example 10. Send LTTng live events to an explicit sink component.
954
955 $ babeltrace2 net://localhost/host/myhostname/mysession \
956 --component=sink.my-plugin.my-sink
957
958 Example 11. Trim a CTF trace, add debugging information, apply an
959 explicit filter component, and write as a CTF trace.
960
961 $ babeltrace2 /path/to/ctf/trace --timerange=22:14:38,22:15:07 \
962 --debug-info --component=filter.my-plugin.my-filter \
963 --params=criteria=xyz,ignore-abc=yes \
964 --output-format=ctf --output=out-ctf-trace
965
966 Example 12. Print the metadata text of a CTF trace.
967
968 $ babeltrace2 /path/to/ctf/trace --output-format=ctf-metadata
969
971 Babeltrace 2 library
972 BABELTRACE_EXEC_ON_ABORT=CMDLINE
973 Execute the command line CMDLINE, as parsed like a UNIX 98 shell,
974 when any part of the Babeltrace 2 project unexpectedly aborts.
975
976 The application only aborts when the executed command returns,
977 ignoring its exit status.
978
979 This environment variable is ignored when the application has the
980 setuid or the setgid access right flag set.
981
982 BABELTRACE_TERM_COLOR=(AUTO | NEVER | ALWAYS)
983 Force the terminal color support for the babeltrace2(1) program and
984 the project’s plugins.
985
986 The available values are:
987
988 AUTO
989 Only emit terminal color codes when the standard output and
990 error streams are connected to a color-capable terminal.
991
992 NEVER
993 Never emit terminal color codes.
994
995 ALWAYS
996 Always emit terminal color codes.
997
998 BABELTRACE_TERM_COLOR_BRIGHT_MEANS_BOLD=0
999 Set to 0 to emit SGR (see
1000 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code>) codes 90 to 97
1001 for bright colors instead of bold (SGR code 1) and standard color
1002 codes (SGR codes 30 to 37).
1003
1004 BABELTRACE_PLUGIN_PATH=PATHS
1005 Set the list of directories, in order, in which dynamic plugins can
1006 be found before other directories are considered to PATHS
1007 (colon-separated, or semicolon on Windows).
1008
1009 LIBBABELTRACE2_DISABLE_PYTHON_PLUGINS=1
1010 Disable the loading of any Babeltrace 2 Python plugin.
1011
1012 LIBBABELTRACE2_INIT_LOG_LEVEL=LVL
1013 Force the Babeltrace 2 library’s initial log level to be LVL.
1014
1015 If this environment variable is set, it overrides the log level set
1016 by the --log-level option for the Babeltrace 2 library logger.
1017
1018 The available values for LVL are:
1019
1020 NONE, N
1021 Logging is disabled.
1022
1023 FATAL, F
1024 Severe errors that lead the execution to abort immediately.
1025
1026 This level should be enabled in production.
1027
1028 ERROR, E
1029 Errors that might still allow the execution to continue.
1030
1031 Usually, once one or more errors are reported at this level,
1032 the application, plugin, or library won’t perform any more
1033 useful task, but it should still exit cleanly.
1034
1035 This level should be enabled in production.
1036
1037 WARN, WARNING, W
1038 Unexpected situations which still allow the execution to
1039 continue.
1040
1041 This level should be enabled in production.
1042
1043 INFO, I
1044 Informational messages that highlight progress or important
1045 states of the application, plugins, or library.
1046
1047 This level can be enabled in production.
1048
1049 DEBUG, D
1050 Debugging information, with a higher level of details than the
1051 TRACE level.
1052
1053 This level should NOT be enabled in production.
1054
1055 TRACE, T
1056 Low-level debugging context information.
1057
1058 This level should NOT be enabled in production.
1059
1060 LIBBABELTRACE2_NO_DLCLOSE=1
1061 Make the Babeltrace 2 library leave any dynamically loaded modules
1062 (plugins and plugin providers) open at exit. This can be useful for
1063 debugging purposes.
1064
1065 LIBBABELTRACE2_PLUGIN_PROVIDER_DIR=DIR
1066 Set the directory from which the Babeltrace 2 library dynamically
1067 loads plugin provider shared objects to DIR.
1068
1069 If this environment variable is set, it overrides the default
1070 plugin provider directory.
1071
1072 Babeltrace 2 Python bindings
1073 BABELTRACE_PYTHON_BT2_LOG_LEVEL=LVL
1074 Force the Babeltrace 2 Python bindings log level to be LVL.
1075
1076 If this environment variable is set, it overrides the log level set
1077 by the --log-level option for the Python bindings logger.
1078
1079 The available values for LVL are:
1080
1081 NONE, N
1082 Logging is disabled.
1083
1084 FATAL, F
1085 Severe errors that lead the execution to abort immediately.
1086
1087 This level should be enabled in production.
1088
1089 ERROR, E
1090 Errors that might still allow the execution to continue.
1091
1092 Usually, once one or more errors are reported at this level,
1093 the application, plugin, or library won’t perform any more
1094 useful task, but it should still exit cleanly.
1095
1096 This level should be enabled in production.
1097
1098 WARN, WARNING, W
1099 Unexpected situations which still allow the execution to
1100 continue.
1101
1102 This level should be enabled in production.
1103
1104 INFO, I
1105 Informational messages that highlight progress or important
1106 states of the application, plugins, or library.
1107
1108 This level can be enabled in production.
1109
1110 DEBUG, D
1111 Debugging information, with a higher level of details than the
1112 TRACE level.
1113
1114 This level should NOT be enabled in production.
1115
1116 TRACE, T
1117 Low-level debugging context information.
1118
1119 This level should NOT be enabled in production.
1120
1121 CLI
1122 BABELTRACE_CLI_LOG_LEVEL=LVL
1123 Force babeltrace2 CLI’s log level to be LVL.
1124
1125 If this environment variable is set, it overrides the log level set
1126 by the --log-level option for the CLI logger.
1127
1128 The available values for LVL are:
1129
1130 NONE, N
1131 Logging is disabled.
1132
1133 FATAL, F
1134 Severe errors that lead the execution to abort immediately.
1135
1136 This level should be enabled in production.
1137
1138 ERROR, E
1139 Errors that might still allow the execution to continue.
1140
1141 Usually, once one or more errors are reported at this level,
1142 the application, plugin, or library won’t perform any more
1143 useful task, but it should still exit cleanly.
1144
1145 This level should be enabled in production.
1146
1147 WARN, WARNING, W
1148 Unexpected situations which still allow the execution to
1149 continue.
1150
1151 This level should be enabled in production.
1152
1153 INFO, I
1154 Informational messages that highlight progress or important
1155 states of the application, plugins, or library.
1156
1157 This level can be enabled in production.
1158
1159 DEBUG, D
1160 Debugging information, with a higher level of details than the
1161 TRACE level.
1162
1163 This level should NOT be enabled in production.
1164
1165 TRACE, T
1166 Low-level debugging context information.
1167
1168 This level should NOT be enabled in production.
1169
1170 BABELTRACE_CLI_WARN_COMMAND_NAME_DIRECTORY_CLASH=0
1171 Disable the warning message which babeltrace2-convert(1) prints
1172 when you convert a trace with a relative path that’s also the name
1173 of a babeltrace2 command.
1174
1175 BABELTRACE_DEBUG=1
1176 Legacy variable: equivalent to setting the --log-level option to
1177 TRACE.
1178
1179 BABELTRACE_VERBOSE=1
1180 Legacy variable: equivalent to setting the --log-level option to
1181 INFO.
1182
1184 $HOME/.local/lib/babeltrace2/plugins
1185 User plugin directory.
1186
1187 /usr/local/lib/babeltrace2/plugins
1188 System plugin directory.
1189
1190 /usr/local/lib/babeltrace2/plugin-providers
1191 System plugin provider directory.
1192
1194 0 on success, 1 otherwise.
1195
1197 If you encounter any issue or usability problem, please report it on
1198 the Babeltrace bug tracker (see
1199 <https://bugs.lttng.org/projects/babeltrace>).
1200
1202 The Babeltrace project shares some communication channels with the
1203 LTTng project (see <https://lttng.org/>).
1204
1205 • Babeltrace website (see <https://babeltrace.org/>)
1206
1207 • Mailing list (see <https://lists.lttng.org>) for support and
1208 development: lttng-dev@lists.lttng.org
1209
1210 • IRC channel (see <irc://irc.oftc.net/lttng>): #lttng on
1211 irc.oftc.net
1212
1213 • Bug tracker (see <https://bugs.lttng.org/projects/babeltrace>)
1214
1215 • Git repository (see <https://git.efficios.com/?p=babeltrace.git>)
1216
1217 • GitHub project (see <https://github.com/efficios/babeltrace>)
1218
1219 • Continuous integration (see
1220 <https://ci.lttng.org/view/Babeltrace/>)
1221
1222 • Code review (see <https://review.lttng.org/q/project:babeltrace>)
1223
1225 The Babeltrace 2 project is the result of hard work by many regular
1226 developers and occasional contributors.
1227
1228 The current project maintainer is Jérémie Galarneau
1229 <mailto:jeremie.galarneau@efficios.com>.
1230
1232 This command is part of the Babeltrace 2 project.
1233
1234 Babeltrace is distributed under the MIT license (see
1235 <https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>).
1236
1238 babeltrace2-intro(7), babeltrace2(1), babeltrace2-run(1)
1239
1240
1241
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