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Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2013 08:38:11 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> To: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>, Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>, Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>, Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@....com>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>, David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com> Subject: Re: [PATCHSET 0/5] perf tools: Enhance option parsing error message * Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org> wrote: > Hi, > > This patchset tries to enhance error message when perf failed to parse > option argument. Currently it just shows entire usage and options > which may fill two pages of screen. It's hard for me to say it's > really helpful to users. ;-) > > With this patch series, it changed to show only related option(s). > There're also more points to improve yet - like auto-breaking long > lines, dealing with UIs and so on. But I believe this will be a good > start. > > $ perf report -g help > > usage: perf report [<options>] > > -g, --call-graph <output_type,min_percent[,print_limit],call_order> > Display callchains using output_type (graph, flat, fractal, or none) , min percent threshold, optional print limit, callchain order, key (function or address). Default: fractal,0.5,callee,function > > $ perf stat -Bx, ls > -B option not supported with -x > > usage: perf stat [<options>] [<command>] > > -B, --big-num print large numbers with thousands' separators > -x, --field-separator <separator> > print counts with custom separator > > > You can get this on 'perf/option-v1' branch in my tree > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/namhyung/linux-perf.git Cool! Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> Enthusiastically-Supported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> /me runs out of tags Thanks! Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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