TRACE-CMD-CLEAR(1)

📦
version 3.4 · 13 versions
, in arch rolling

💅 TRACE-CMD-CLEAR(1) 💅

ok so this is a page out of the libtracefs manual, and it's literally the "girl, just wipe the buffer" page. yes bestie, sometimes the most iconic thing you can do is delete everything. 🧹✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

trace-cmd-clear — clear the Ftrace buffer. that's it. that's the whole job. no cap.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

trace-cmd clear [OPTIONS]

like, that's the whole invocation. so simple. so clean. we love a low-effort king. 👑

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

trace-cmd(1) clear clears the content of the Ftrace ring buffer.

fr fr that's it. the ring buffer? emptied. the tracy little leftovers? gone. it's giving factory reset but make it a single command. main character energy honestly. 💖

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -B buffer-name — if your kernel supports multiple buffers, this clears only the buffer you named. it does not touch any other buffers, so the other ones stay unbothered and thriving. 🫶 you can pass this multiple times to specify different buffers, and heads up: the top level buffer will not be cleared if this option is given. so pick a lane, bestie.
  • -a — clear all existing buffers, including the top level one. the full send option. the everything shower of buffer clearing. 🔥

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole squad, obviously:

trace-cmd(1), trace-cmd-record(1), trace-cmd-report(1), trace-cmd-start(1), trace-cmd-extract(1), trace-cmd-reset(1), trace-cmd-split(1), trace-cmd-list(1), trace-cmd-listen(1)

go read them. iykyk. 📚

👑 AUTHOR 👑

  • Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> — author of trace-cmd. the OG. the blueprint.
  • Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tz.stoyanov@gmail.com> — author of this man page. thank u for ur service. 🫡

💀 REPORTING BUGS 💀

found a bug? don't suffer in silence, bestie. report it to <linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org> — they literally want to hear about it. 🙈

⭐ LICENSE ⭐

trace-cmd is Free Software, licensed under the terms of the GNU Public License (GPL). free as in freedom, iconic as in iconic. 💜

🧚 RESOURCES 🧚

the repo, the lore, the whole vibe:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/trace-cmd/trace-cmd.git/

🍓 NOTES 🍓

  1. rostedt@goodmis.org — mailto:rostedt@goodmis.org
  2. tz.stoyanov@gmail.com — mailto:tz.stoyanov@gmail.com
  3. linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org — mailto:linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org

ok that's the page!! this drop is from libtracefs, dated 03/09/2026, and honestly? slayed. clear ur buffers, hydrate, and stan trace-cmd clear. periodt. 💅✨🦋

📦 where this page comes from