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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-06-15 03:02:23 -0700
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+perf-top(1)
+===========
+
+NAME
+----
+perf-top - Run a command and profile it
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'perf top' [-e <EVENT> | --event=EVENT] [-l] [-a] <command>
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+This command runs a command and gathers a performance counter profile
+from it.
+
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+<command>...::
+ Any command you can specify in a shell.
+
+-e::
+--event=::
+ Select the PMU event. Selection can be a symbolic event name
+ (use 'perf list' to list all events) or a raw PMU
+ event (eventsel+umask) in the form of rNNN where NNN is a
+ hexadecimal event descriptor.
+
+-a::
+ system-wide collection
+
+-l::
+ scale counter values
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-list[1]
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