Manual: trace-cmd-convert

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

NAME
       trace-cmd-convert - convert trace files

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

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

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

AUTHOR
       Steven Rostedt , author of trace-cmd. Tzvetomir Stoyanov , author
       of this man page.

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

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

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

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

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