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TRACE-CMD-CONVERT(1)        libtracefs Manual        TRACE-CMD-CONVERT(1)

NAME         top

       trace-cmd-convert - convert trace files

SYNOPSIS         top

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

DESCRIPTION         top

       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).

OPTIONS         top

       -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.

EXAMPLES         top

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

SEE ALSO         top

       trace-cmd(1), trace-cmd.dat(1)

AUTHOR         top

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

RESOURCES         top

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

COPYING         top

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

NOTES         top

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

        2. tz.stoyanov@gmail.com
           mailto:tz.stoyanov@gmail.com

COLOPHON         top

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       project.  Information about the project can be found at 
       ⟨https://www.trace-cmd.org/⟩.  If you have a bug report for this
       manual page, see ⟨https://www.trace-cmd.org/⟩.  This page was
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       ⟨https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/trace-cmd/trace-cmd.git⟩ on
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