The available command line options are:
-0 precision, --precision-force=precision
Like -P but this option will override per-metric
specifications.
-1, --dynamic-header
Print a new dynamically adjusted header every time changes
in availability of metric and instance values occur. By
default a static header that never changes is printed once.
See also -4, -7, and -E.
-2, --overall-rank
Perform overall ranking of instances in archive. By default
ranking (see -J) and reporting happens on each interval.
With this option all instances and values are ranked before
a summary is reported. See pmlogsummary(1) for further
archive summary reporting alternatives, including averages
and peak times for values.
-3, --overall-rank-alt
Like -2 but print metric instances in pmrep metricspec
format, to allow easily selecting the instances for further
investigation.
-4 action, --names-change=action
Specify which action to take on receiving a metric names
change event during sampling. These events occur when a
PMDA discovers new metrics sometime after starting up, and
informs running client tools like pmrep. Valid values for
action are update (refresh metrics being sampled), ignore
(do nothing - the default behaviour) and abort (exit the
program if such an event happens). update implies
--dynamic-header.
-5, --ignore-unknown
Silently ignore any metric name that cannot be resolved. At
least one metric must be found for the tool to start.
-6, --sort-metric=sort-metric
Specify a sort reference metric to sort output by values
with -X. By default sorting order is descending, prepending
the metric name with the minus sign (``-'') will change the
order to be ascending. See also -J and -N.
-7, --fixed-header
With -X print a fixed header once (unless using -E)
including all metrics being reported. Unlike with the
default (static) header, only instances with values
available are reported. Unlike with the dynamic header, the
header is not updated even if values for some metrics later
become (un)available. See also -1 and -E.
-8 limit, --limit-filter=limit
Limit results to instances with values above/below limit. A
positive integer will include instances with values at or
above the limit in reporting. A negative integer will
include instances with values at or below the limit in
reporting. A value of zero performs no limit filtering.
This option will not override possible per-metric
specifications. See also -J and -N.
-9 limit, --limit-filter-force=limit
Like -8 but this option will override per-metric
specifications.
-a archive, --archive=archive
Performance metric values are retrieved from the set of
Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) archive log files identified by
the archive argument, which is a comma-separated list of
names, each of which may be the base name of an archive or
the name of a directory containing one or more archives.
See also -u.
-A align, --align=align
Force the initial sample to be aligned on the boundary of a
natural time unit align. Refer to PCPIntro(1) for a
complete description of the syntax for align.
--archive-folio=folio
Read metric source archives from the PCP archive folio
created by tools like pmchart(1) or, less often, manually
with mkaf(1).
-b scale, --space-scale=scale
Unit/scale for space (byte) metrics, possible values include
bytes, Kbytes, KB, Mbytes, MB, and so forth. This option
will not override possible per-metric specifications. See
also pmParseUnitsStr(3).
-B scale, --space-scale-force=scale
Like -b but this option will override per-metric
specifications.
-c config, --config=config
Specify the config file or directory to use. In case config
is a directory all files under it ending .conf will be
included. The default is the first found of: ./pmrep.conf,
$HOME/.pmrep.conf, $HOME/pcp/pmrep.conf,
$PCP_SYSCONF_DIR/pmrep/pmrep.conf, and
$PCP_SYSCONF_DIR/pmrep. See pmrep.conf(5).
--container=container
Fetch performance metrics from the specified container,
either local or remote (see -h).
-C, --check
Exit before reporting any values, but after parsing the
configuration and metrics and printing possible headers.
-d, --delay
When replaying from an archive, this option requests that
the prevailing real-time delay be applied between samples
(see -t) to effect a pause, rather than the default
behaviour of replaying at full speed.
--daemonize
Daemonize on startup.
-e derived, --derived=derived
Specify derived performance metrics. If derived starts with
a slash (``/'') or with a dot (``.'') it will be interpreted
as a derived metrics configuration file, otherwise it will
be interpreted as comma- or semicolon-separated derived
metric expressions. For details see pmLoadDerivedConfig(3)
and pmRegisterDerived(3).
-E lines, --repeat-header=lines
Repeat the header every lines of output. When not using -1
or -7 use auto to repeat the header based on terminal
height. See also -1 and -7.
-f format, --timestamp-format=format
Use the format string for formatting the timestamp. The
format will be used with Python's datetime.strftime method
which is mostly the same as that described in strftime(3).
An empty format string (i.e., "") will remove the timestamps
from the output. Defaults to %H:%M:%S when using the stdout
output target. Defaults to %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S when using the
csv output target.
-F outfile, --output-file=outfile
Specify the output file outfile. See -o.
-g, --separate-header
Output the column number and complete metric information,
one-per-line, before printing the metric values.
-G, --no-globals
Do not include global metrics in reporting (see
pmrep.conf(5)).
-h host, --host=host
Fetch performance metrics from pmcd(1) on host, rather than
from the default localhost.
-H, --no-header
Do not print any headers.
-i instances, --instances=instances
Retrieve and report only the specified metric instances. By
default all initially present instances are reported, except
when writing an archive (see -o), where also all future
instances will be reported.
The specified instances are filtered from the initially
present instances when the tool is starting up. Thus
instances which would match the filter appearing after the
tool has started up will not be reported, use -j to change
this.
This is a global option that is used for all set-valued
metrics unless a metric-specific instance filter is provided
as part of a metricspec. By default single-valued ``flat''
metrics without instances are still reported as usual, use
-v to change this.
instances is a comma-separated list of one or more instance
filter specifications. Filters containing commas or
whitespace must be quoted with single (') or double (")
quotes. Note that as part of a metricspec on command line a
list with more than one filter both the list and each filter
must be quoted as shown below. It is also possible to
define a single filter with bars (|) as instance separating
regex in order to make quoting easier, see below.
Multiple -i options are allowed as an alternative way of
specifying more than one non-metric-specific instance
filters.
An individual instance filter may be one of the following:
name Full instance name. For example, sda for disk.dev
instances or eth0 for network.interface instances.
PID Process ID for proc instances.
command
Base name of a process for proc instances. For
example, pmcd would match all pmcd(1) processes
regardless of their path or PID.
regex Regular expression. For example, .*python.* would
match all instances having the string python as part
of their instance name, meaning that this would match
all Python processes regardless of their path, PID,
or version.
As an example, the following would report the same
instances:
$ pmrep -i '. minute' kernel.all.load
$ pmrep -i '1 minute','5 minute' kernel.all.load
$ pmrep -i "'1 minute','5 minute'" kernel.all.load
$ pmrep -i '1 minute' -i '5 minute' kernel.all.load
$ pmrep kernel.all.load,,"'1 minute','5 minute'"
$ pmrep kernel.all.load,,'1 minute|5 minute'
However, this would report only the 1-minute instance:
$ pmrep -i '1 minute','5 minute' kernel.all.load,,'1 minute'
And this would report all instances (due to per-metric
regex):
$ pmrep -i '1 minute','5 minute' 'kernel.all.load,,.*'
-I, --ignore-incompat
Ignore incompatible metrics. By default incompatible
metrics (that is, their type is unsupported or they cannot
be scaled as requested) will cause pmrep to terminate with
an error message. With this option all incompatible metrics
are silently omitted from reporting. This may be especially
useful when requesting non-leaf nodes of the PMNS tree for
reporting.
--include-texts
When writing a PCP archive, include PCP metric help texts in
the created archive.
-j, --live-filter
Perform instance live filtering. This allows capturing all
named instances even if processes are restarted at some
point (unlike without live filtering). Performing live
filtering over a huge number of instances will add some
internal overhead so a bit of user caution is advised. See
also -1 and -n.
-J rank, --rank=rank
Limit results to highest/lowest ranked instances of set-
valued metrics. A positive integer will include highest
valued instances in reporting. A negative integer will
include lowest valued instances in reporting. A value of
zero performs no ranking. Ranking does not imply sorting,
see -6. See also -2 and -8.
-k, --extended-csv
Write extended CSV output, similar to sadf(1).
-K spec, --spec-local=spec
When fetching metrics from a local context (see -L), the -K
option may be used to control the DSO PMDAs that should be
made accessible. The spec argument conforms to the syntax
described in pmSpecLocalPMDA(3). More than one -K option
may be used.
-l delimiter, --delimiter=delimiter
Specify the delimiter that separates each column of csv or
stdout output. The default for stdout is two spaces (``
'') and comma (``,'') for csv. In case of CSV output or
stdout output with non-whitespace delimiter, any instances
of the delimiter in string values will be replaced by the
underscore (``_'') character.
-L, --local-PMDA
Use a local context to collect metrics from DSO PMDAs on the
local host without PMCD. See also -K.
-m, --include-labels
Include metric labels in the output.
-n, --invert-filter
Perform ranking before live filtering. By default instance
live filtering (when requested, see -j) happens before
instance ranking (when requested, see -J). With this option
the logic is inverted and ranking happens before live
filtering.
-N predicate, --predicate=predicate
Specify a comma-separated list of predicate filter reference
metrics. By default ranking (see -J) happens for each
metric individually. With predicates, ranking is done only
for the specified predicate metrics. When reporting, rest
of the metrics sharing the same instance domain (see
PCPIntro(1)) as the predicate will include only the
highest/lowest ranking instances of the corresponding
predicate. Ranking does not imply sorting, see -6.
So for example, using proc.memory.rss (resident memory size
of process) as the predicate metric together with
proc.io.total_bytes and mem.util.used as metrics to be
reported, only the processes using most/least (as per -J)
memory will be included when reporting total bytes written
by processes. Since mem.util.used is a single-valued metric
(thus not sharing the same instance domain as the process
related metrics), it will be reported as usual.
--no-inst-info
Omit instance information from headers. Not applicable with
separate header (see -g).
-o output, --output=output
Use output target for reporting. The default target is
stdout. The available output target alternatives are:
archive
Record metrics into a PCP archive which can later be
replayed with PCP tools, including pmrep itself. See
LOGARCHIVE(5) and PCPIntro(1) for details about PCP
archive files. Requires -F.
csv
Print metrics in CSV format (subject to formatting
options).
stdout
Print metrics to stdout (format subject to formatting
options).
-O origin, --origin=origin
When reporting archived metrics, start reporting at origin
within the time window (see -S and -T). Refer to
PCPIntro(1) for a complete description of the syntax for
origin.
-p, --timestamps
Print timestamps. By default no timestamps are printed.
-P precision, --precision=precision
Use precision for numeric non-integer output values. If the
value is too wide for its column width, precision is reduced
one by one until the value fits, or not printed at all if it
does not. The default is to use 3 decimal places (when
applicable). This option will not override possible per-
metric specifications.
-q scale, --count-scale=scale
Unit/scale for count metrics, possible values include count
x 10^-1, count, count x 10, count x 10^2, and so forth from
10^-8 to 10^7. (These values are currently space-
sensitive.) This option will not override possible per-
metric specifications. See also pmParseUnitsStr(3).
-Q scale, --count-scale-force=scale
Like -q but this option will override per-metric
specifications.
-r, --raw
Output raw metric values, do not convert cumulative counters
to rates. When writing archives, raw values are always
used. This option will override possible per-metric
specifications.
-R, --raw-prefer
Like -r but this option will not override per-metric
specifications.
-s samples, --samples=samples
The samples argument defines the number of samples to be
retrieved and reported. If samples is 0 or -s is not
specified, pmrep will sample and report continuously (in
real time mode) or until the end of the set of PCP archives
(in archive mode). See also -T.
-S starttime, --start=starttime
When reporting archived metrics, the report will be
restricted to those records logged at or after starttime.
Refer to PCPIntro(1) for a complete description of the
syntax for starttime.
-t interval, --interval=interval
Set the reporting interval to something other than the
default 1 second. The interval argument follows the syntax
described in PCPIntro(1), and in the simplest form may be an
unsigned integer (the implied units in this case are
seconds). See also the -T and -u options.
-T endtime, --finish=endtime
When reporting archived metrics, the report will be
restricted to those records logged before or at endtime.
Refer to PCPIntro(1) for a complete description of the
syntax for endtime.
When used to define the runtime before pmrep will exit, if
no samples is given (see -s) then the number of reported
samples depends on interval (see -t). If samples is given
then interval will be adjusted to allow reporting of samples
during runtime. In case all of -T, -s, and -t are given,
endtime determines the actual time pmrep will run.
-u, --no-interpol
When reporting archived metrics, by default values are
reported according to the selected sample interval (-t
option), not according to the actual record interval in an
archive. To this effect PCP interpolates the values to be
reported based on the records in the archive. With the -u
option uninterpolated reporting is enabled, every recorded
value for the selected metrics is reported and the requested
sample interval (-t) is ignored.
So for example, if a PCP archive contains recorded values
for every 10 seconds and the requested sample interval is 1
hour, by default pmrep will use an interpolation scheme to
compute the values of the requested metrics from the values
recorded in the proximity of these requested metrics and
values for every 1 hour are reported. With -u every record
every 10 seconds are reported as such (the reported values
are still subject to rate conversion, use -r or -R to
disable).
-U, --no-unit-info
Omit unit information from headers.
-v, --omit-flat
Report only set-valued metrics with instances (e.g.
disk.dev.read) and omit single-valued ``flat'' metrics
without instances (e.g. kernel.all.sysfork). See -i and
-I.
-V, --version
Display version number and exit.
-w width, --width=width
Set the stdout output column width. Strings will be
truncated to this width. The default width is the shortest
that can fit the metric text label, the forced minimum is 3.
This option will not override possible per-metric
specifications.
-W width, --width-force=width
Like -w but this option will override per-metric
specifications.
-x, --extended-header
Print extended header.
-X label, --colxrow=label
Swap columns and rows in stdout output, reporting one
instance per line, using label as the text label for the
instance column. Use an empty string ("") to enable
swapping without a specific column label. This change in
output allows using grep(1) to filter results or to more
closely mimic other tools. See also -i and -6.
-y scale, --time-scale=scale
Unit/scale for time metrics, possible values include
nanosec, ns, microsec, us, millisec, ms, and so forth up to
hour, hr. This option will not override possible per-metric
specifications. See also pmParseUnitsStr(3).
-Y scale, --time-scale-force=scale
Like -y but this option will override per-metric
specifications.
-z, --hostzone
Use the local timezone of the host that is the source of the
performance metrics, as identified by either the -h or the
-a options. The default is to use the timezone of the local
host.
-Z timezone, --timezone=timezone
Use timezone for the date and time. Timezone is in the
format of the environment variable TZ as described in
environ(7). Note that when including a timezone string in
output, ISO 8601 -style UTC offsets are used (so something
like -Z EST+5 will become UTC-5).
-?, --help
Display usage message and exit.
