trace-cmd-convert - Man Page

trace-cmd convert [Options] [output-file]

The trace-cmd(1) convert command converts trace file​. It reads the input file and copies the data into an output file​. The output file may be in different format, depending on the command line arguments​. The default output is in version 7 and compressed (if compiled with compression support)​.

-i input-file

By default, trace-cmd convert will read the file trace​.dat​. But the -i option open up the given input-file instead​.

-o out-file

The name of the output file, this parameter is mandatory​. Note, the output file may also be specified as the last item on the command line​.

--file-version

Desired version of the output file​. Supported versions are 6 or 7​.

--compression

Compression of the trace output file, one of these strings can be passed:

'any'  - auto select the best available compression algorithm

'none' - do not compress the trace file

'name' - the name of the desired compression algorithms​. Available algorithms can be listed with
trace-cmd list -c

--help

Print usage information​.

# trace-cmd convert --compression any trace_compress​.dat

trace-cmd(1), trace-cmd​.dat(1)

Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis​.org​^[1]>, author of trace-cmd​. Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tz​.stoyanov@gmail​.com​^[2]>, author of this man page​.

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

Copyright (C) 2021 VMware​. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU Public License (GPL)​.

1. rostedt@goodmis.org
   mailto:rostedt@goodmis.org
2. tz.stoyanov@gmail.com
   mailto:tz.stoyanov@gmail.com