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authorGabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@suse.de>2023-03-30 15:52:11 -0300
committerSteven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>2023-05-30 03:29:22 -0400
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documentation: trace-cmd-report: Document filter scope
Document how filters provided before any input files are global while filters coming after a -i only apply to that filter. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-devel/20230330185211.5604-4-krisman@suse.de Signed-off-by: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/trace-cmd/trace-cmd-report.1.txt b/Documentation/trace-cmd/trace-cmd-report.1.txt
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--- a/Documentation/trace-cmd/trace-cmd-report.1.txt
+++ b/Documentation/trace-cmd/trace-cmd-report.1.txt
@@ -69,8 +69,12 @@ OPTIONS
is only to the microsecond. To see the full timestamp, add the *-t* option.
*-F* 'filter'::
- Add a filter to limit what events are displayed. The format of the filter
- is:
+ Add a filter to limit what events are displayed. Filters defined
+ after an input file (specified with *-i*) only apply to that
+ input file. Filters provided before any input file is given are
+ considered global and apply to all input files.
+
+ The format of the filter is:
[source,bison]
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