hotshot2calltree(1)
NAME
hotshot2calltree - convert hotshot profiling data to KCachegrind calltree format
SYNOPSIS
hotshot2calltree [ --file-limit limit ] -o output input [ input ... ]
DESCRIPTION
hotshot2calltree reads one or more pstat profiling data files as output
by the hotshot python profiler, and converts them into calltree format
for use by KCachegrind.
This utility is part of the KDE Software Development Kit.
OPTIONS
- -o output
- Write the calltree output into the given file for use by KCachegrind. This may be - if you wish to write to standard output.
- input ...
- Read the hotshot profiling data from the given file(s).
- --file-limit limit
- Stop after the given number of input files.
EXAMPLE
- Suppose that you have used hotshot to profile a python app, with
results dumped to the file pythongrind.prof. You may then work with
this data in KCachegrind as follows.
- hotshot2cachegrind -o cachegrind.out.0 pythongrind.prof
kcachegrind cachegrind.out.0
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
- This converter was written by Jorg Beyer <job@webde-ag.de>.
This manual page was prepared by Ben Burton <bab@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).