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perf-stat(1)
==========

NAME
----
perf-stat - Run a command and gather performance counter statistics

SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'perf stat' [-e <EVENT> | --event=EVENT] [-l] [-a] <command>
'perf stat' [-e <EVENT> | --event=EVENT] [-l] [-a] -- <command> [<options>]

DESCRIPTION
-----------
This command runs a command and gathers performance counter statistics
from it.


OPTIONS
-------
<command>...::
	Any command you can specify in a shell.

-e::
--event=::
                             0:0: cpu-cycles          
                             0:0: cycles              
                             0:1: instructions        
                             0:2: cache-references    
                             0:3: cache-misses        
                             0:4: branch-instructions 
                             0:4: branches            
                             0:5: branch-misses       
                             0:6: bus-cycles          
                             1:0: cpu-clock           
                             1:1: task-clock          
                             1:2: page-faults         
                             1:2: faults              
                             1:5: minor-faults        
                             1:6: major-faults        
                             1:3: context-switches    
                             1:3: cs                  
                             1:4: cpu-migrations      
                             1:4: migrations          
                           rNNN: raw PMU events (eventsel+umask)

-a::
        system-wide collection

-l::
        scale counter values

Configuration
-------------

EXAMPLES
--------

$ perf stat sleep 1

 Performance counter stats for 'sleep':

       0.678356  task clock ticks     (msecs)
              7  context switches     (events)
              4  CPU migrations       (events)
            232  pagefaults           (events)
        1810403  CPU cycles           (events)
         946759  instructions         (events)
          18952  cache references     (events)
           4885  cache misses         (events)

 Wall-clock time elapsed:  1001.252894 msecs

SEE ALSO
--------
linkperf:git-tops[1]