TRACE-CMD-CONVERT(1)
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NAME
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trace-cmd-convert - convert trace files

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

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

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

AUTHOR
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*Steven Rostedt* <rostedt@goodmis.org>, author of *trace-cmd*.
*Tzvetomir Stoyanov* <tz.stoyanov@gmail.com>, author of this man page.

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

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