KERNELSHARK(1)

📦 version 1.2, in centos-stream 9

💅 KERNELSHARK(1) 💅

ok so this is the kernelshark manual page, bestie — like, the actual kernelshark(1) page from section 1 of the manual, and it's about a graphical reader for trace-cmd(1) output. yes it's short. no I'm not mad about it. let's go ✨

🦋 NAME 🦋

kernelshark — graphical reader for trace-cmd(1) output

like. it reads your trace stuff. but with a window. main character energy fr 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

kernelshark [OPTIONS]

that's it, that's the whole vibe check. you run kernelshark with some [OPTIONS] and it does its thing 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so picture this: KernelShark is a front end reader of trace-cmd(1) output. like, it's the pretty face that sits in front of the trace data you already collected 👑

it reads a trace-cmd.dat(5) formatted file and — this is the iconic part — it produces a graph and a list view of the data. graph. list. both. at once. we ate 🔥

no cap, that's literally all it does and it does it gorgeously 🎀

💖 OPTIONS 💖

  • -h — displays the help text. bestie behavior honestly, it tells you what's up 🫶
  • -v — displays the kernelshark version and then dips out (exit). quick lil flex, then gone 💀
  • -i input-file — reads trace data from the file input-file. and listen — if you don't pass this, it just reads from trace.dat by default. that's the default. trace.dat. noted 📝

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

  • trace-cmd(1) — the other half of this duo, go read it iykyk

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Written by Steven Rostedt, <rostedt@goodmis.org[1]> — yes, that Steven Rostedt. the icon. the legend. we stan 🌟

🌈 RESOURCES 🌈

the source lives here, go be nosy bestie:

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/trace-cmd.git

💜 COPYING 💜

Copyright (C) 2010 Red Hat, Inc. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU Public License (GPL). so like, free use, but respect the license, periodt 💅

🍓 NOTES 🍓

  1. rostedt@goodmis.org mailto:rostedt@goodmis.org

and that's the page!! 🌸 literally the whole thing. okay bye bestie, go read some traces, drink water, and remember: graph view AND list view, simultaneously, no cap 💖

signed off with love from the KERNELSHARK(1) page, dated 12/12/2022, source/version vibes included, mwah 🎀🦋

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