RUBY-PROF(1)						      General Commands Manual						      RUBY-PROF(1)

NAME

       ruby-prof - A fast ruby profiler

SYNOPSIS

       ruby-prof [options] <script.rb>	[ script-options ]

DESCRIPTION

       ruby-prof is a fast profiler for ruby. It can be used as a stand-alone program (that this man page documents) or as a ruby library.  Simply
       run the ruby program you want to profile using ruby-prof : ruby-prof script.rb At the end of execution the time spent  in  each	method	is
       displayed.

OPTIONS

       -p, --printer=printer
	      Select a printer:
		flat - Prints a flat profile as text (default).
		graph - Prints a graph profile as text.
		graph_html - Prints a graph profile as html.
		call_tree - format for KCacheGrind

       -m, --min_percent=min_percent
	      The minimum percent a method must take before being included in output reports.  This option is not supported for call tree.

       -f, --file=path
	      Output results to a file instead of standard out.

       --mode=measure_mode
	      Select what ruby-prof should measure
		process - Use process time (default).
		wall - Use wall time.
		cpu - Use the CPU clock counter (only supported on Pentium and PowerPCs).

       --replace-progname
	      Replace $0 when loading the ruby source file.

       -h, --help
	      Show help message.

       -v, --version
	      Show version.

SEE ALSO

       The ruby-prof website, http://ruby-prof.rubyforge.org/

AUTHOR

       ruby-prof was written by Shugo Maeda <shugo@ruby-lang.org>.

       This manual page was written by Arnaud Cornet <arnaud.cornet@gmail.com> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

								  14 October 2006						      RUBY-PROF(1)