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)