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@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ perf-timechart - Tool to visualize total system behavior during a workload
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'perf timechart' {record}
+'perf timechart' record <command>
+'perf timechart' [<options>]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -41,6 +42,18 @@ OPTIONS
--symfs=<directory>::
Look for files with symbols relative to this directory.
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+
+$ perf timechart record git pull
+
+ [ perf record: Woken up 13 times to write data ]
+ [ perf record: Captured and wrote 4.253 MB perf.data (~185801 samples) ]
+
+$ perf timechart
+
+ Written 10.2 seconds of trace to output.svg.
+
SEE ALSO
--------
linkperf:perf-record[1]