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**bpftool map pin** *MAP* *FILE*
Pin map *MAP* as *FILE*.
- Note: *FILE* must be located in *bpffs* mount.
+ Note: *FILE* must be located in *bpffs* mount. It must not
+ contain a dot character ('.'), which is reserved for future
+ extensions of *bpffs*.
**bpftool** **map event_pipe** *MAP* [**cpu** *N* **index** *M*]
Read events from a BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERF_EVENT_ARRAY map.