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📛 NAME

dbiprof - command-line client for DBI::ProfileData

🚀 Quick Reference

Use Case	Command	Description
Top 10 queries by total runtime	dbiprof prof1.out	Reads profile dump file prof1.out and shows the 10 slowest queries
Top 10 most frequent queries	dbiprof --sort count	Sorts by number of runs (default profile file dbi.prof)
Top 15 most frequent queries	dbiprof --sort count --number 15	Increases report size to 15 entries
Sort by longest single run	dbiprof --sort longest	Orders by the longest execution time
Reverse sort	dbiprof --sort total --reverse	Shows shortest overall time first
Filter by method name	dbiprof --match key2=execute	Only includes execute queries (Path element 2 = method)

📋 SYNOPSIS

See a report of the ten queries with the longest total runtime in the profile dump file prof1.out:

dbiprof prof1.out

See the top 10 most frequently run queries in the profile file dbi.prof (the default):

dbiprof --sort count

See the same report with 15 entries:

dbiprof --sort count --number 15

📖 DESCRIPTION

This tool is a command-line client for the DBI::ProfileData. It allows you to analyze the profile data file produced by DBI::ProfileDumper and produce various useful reports.

⚙️ OPTIONS

This program accepts the following options:

• --number N — Produce this many items in the report. Defaults to 10. If set to all then all results are shown.
• --sort field — Sort results by the given field. Sorting by multiple fields isn't currently supported (patches welcome). The available sort fields are:
  • total — Sorts by total time run time across all runs. This is the default sort.
  • longest — Sorts by the longest single run.
  • count — Sorts by total number of runs.
  • first — Sorts by the time taken in the first run.
  • shortest — Sorts by the shortest single run.
  • key1 — Sorts by the value of the first element in the Path, which should be numeric. You can also sort by key2 and key3.

🔃 --reverse

Reverses the selected sort. For example, to see a report of the shortest overall time:

dbiprof --sort total --reverse

• --match keyN=value — Consider only items where the specified key matches the given value. Keys are numbered from 1. For example, let's say you used a DBI::Profile Path of:

[ DBIprofile_Statement, DBIprofile_Methodname ]

And called dbiprof as in:

dbiprof --match key2=execute

Your report would only show execute queries, leaving out prepares, fetches, etc.

If the value given starts and ends with slashes (/) then it will be treated as a regular expression. For example, to only include SELECT queries where key1 is the statement:

dbiprof --match key1=/^SELECT/

By default the match expression is matched case-insensitively, but this can be changed with the --case-sensitive option.

• --exclude keyN=value — Remove items for where the specified key matches the given value. For example, to exclude all prepare entries where key2 is the method name:

dbiprof --exclude key2=prepare

Like --match, if the value given starts and ends with slashes (/) then it will be treated as a regular expression. For example, to exclude UPDATE queries where key1 is the statement:

dbiprof --match key1=/^UPDATE/

By default the exclude expression is matched case-insensitively, but this can be changed with the --case-sensitive option.

🔤 --case-sensitive

Using this option causes --match and --exclude to work case-sensitively. Defaults to off.

🗑️ --delete

Sets the DeleteFiles option to DBI::ProfileData which causes the files to be deleted after reading. See DBI::ProfileData for more details.

📤 --dumpnodes

Print the list of nodes in the form of a perl data structure. Use the -sort option if you want the list sorted.

ℹ️ --version

Print the dbiprof version number and exit.

👤 AUTHOR

Sam Tregar <sam AT tregar.com>

©️ COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2002 Sam Tregar

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl 5 itself.

🔗 SEE ALSO

DBI::ProfileDumper, DBI::Profile, DBI.

perl v5.34.0 2026-06-22 DBIPROF(1p)

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