op_help
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NAME
op_help - list OProfile events
SYNOPSIS
op_help [ options ] [event name]
DESCRIPTION
By default, op_help lists the available performance counter options.
If you give it a symbolic event name, it will return the hardware
value (e.g. "op_help DATA_MEM_REFS").
OPTIONS
--cpu-type / -c
Show the events for the given numerical CPU type.
--get-cpu-type / -r
Show the symbolic CPU name.
--help / -? / --usage
Show help message.
--version / -v
Show version.
ENVIRONMENT
No special environment variables are recognised by op_help.
FILES
$prefix/share/oprofile/
Event description files used by OProfile.
/var/lib/oprofile/samples/
The location of the generated sample files.
VERSION
This man page is current for oprofile-0.8.1.
SEE ALSO
/usr/share/doc/oprofile/, oprofile(1)
4th Berkeley Distribution Sat 17 November 2007 OP_HELP(1)