07-03-2001
Hi,
Does anybody know how to bring up a list of available commands for use in the Mac OS X terminal application ? Or even better: are there any sites or documents explaining these command functions ?
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instruments
instruments(1) BSD General Commands Manual instruments(1)
NAME
instruments, version 1.0
USAGE
instruments [-t template] [-d document] [-l timeLimit] [-i #] [-w device] [[-p pid] | [-a application [-e variable value] [-g argument]]]
DESCRIPTION
Runs an Instruments template from the command line.
Options are :
-t template
The path to the template to run
-s Show list of known templates and exit
-d document
The path to save the trace document data to (This may already exist, in which case a new Run will be added)
-l # The limit of milliseconds to record until termination ( infinite is default )
-i # The index of the instrument to apply the following target data to ( default if missing )
-p pid The ID of the process to attach to
-a application
The path to the application or command to launch
-w hardware device
The identifier of the hardware to target
-e variable value
An environment variable setting (You may specify more than one)
-g argument
Command line argument to be sent to the launched process (You may specify more than one)
-v Turn on verbose logging
FILES
/usr/bin/instruments Executable
SEE ALSO
/Developer/Applications/Instruments.app may be used to perform trace executions in a graphical environment and may also be used to open trace
documents created in either instruments or Instruments.app.
EXAMPLES
instruments -t mytemplate -a myapp.app
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