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STRACE-LOG-MERGE(1)                    General Commands Manual                   STRACE-LOG-MERGE(1)



NAME
       strace-log-merge - merge strace -ff -tt output

SYNOPSIS
       strace-log-merge STRACE_LOG

       strace-log-merge --help

DESCRIPTION
       strace-log-merge  merges the output of strace -ff -tt[t] command, prepending PID to each line
       and sorting the result using time stamp as a key.

OPTIONS
       --help Show program usage and exit.

       STRACE_LOG
              Output file name prefix of files produced by a strace -ff -tt[t] command.

EXIT STATUS
       0      Success

       Non-zero
              Error occurred: either no argument specified (in that case a  usage  is  printed),  or
              something went wrong during the processing of STRACE_LOG.*  files.

USAGE EXAMPLE
       $ strace -o sleepy -ff -tt -e trace=execve,nanosleep \
               sh -c 'sleep 0.1 & sleep 0.2 & sleep 0.3'
       $ strace-log-merge sleepy | fold -w 72 -s
       13475 21:13:52.040837 execve("/bin/sh", ["sh", "-c", "sleep 0.1 & sleep
       0.2 & sleep 0."...], 0x7ffde54b2450 /* 33 vars */) = 0
       13478 21:13:52.044050 execve("/bin/sleep", ["sleep", "0.3"],
       0x5631be4f87a8 /* 33 vars */) = 0
       13476 21:13:52.044269 execve("/bin/sleep", ["sleep", "0.1"],
       0x5631be4f87a8 /* 33 vars */) = 0
       13477 21:13:52.044389 execve("/bin/sleep", ["sleep", "0.2"],
       0x5631be4f87a8 /* 33 vars */) = 0
       13478 21:13:52.046207 nanosleep({tv_sec=0, tv_nsec=300000000}, NULL) = 0
       13476 21:13:52.046303 nanosleep({tv_sec=0, tv_nsec=100000000}, NULL) = 0
       13477 21:13:52.046318 nanosleep({tv_sec=0, tv_nsec=200000000}, NULL) = 0
       13476 21:13:52.146852 +++ exited with 0 +++
       13475 21:13:52.146942 --- SIGCHLD {si_signo=SIGCHLD,
       si_code=CLD_EXITED, si_pid=13476, si_uid=1000, si_status=0, si_utime=0,
       si_stime=0} ---
       13477 21:13:52.247782 +++ exited with 0 +++
       13475 21:13:52.247885 --- SIGCHLD {si_signo=SIGCHLD,
       si_code=CLD_EXITED, si_pid=13477, si_uid=1000, si_status=0, si_utime=0,
       si_stime=0} ---
       13478 21:13:52.347680 +++ exited with 0 +++
       13475 21:13:52.347786 --- SIGCHLD {si_signo=SIGCHLD,
       si_code=CLD_EXITED, si_pid=13478, si_uid=1000, si_status=0, si_utime=0,
       si_stime=0} ---
       13475 21:13:52.348069 +++ exited with 0 +++


NOTES
       strace-log-merge  does not work well with strace logs generated by strace -tt invocation that
       pass midnight, as those lack the information required for the proper sorting.  Employing  the
       -ttt option in the respective strace invocation should solve the problem.

BUGS
       strace-log-merge  does  not perform any checks whether the files specified are in the correct
       format and implies that only files from a single strace session match STRACE_LOG.*  glob pat‐
       tern.

HISTORY
       The initial version of strace-log-merge was written by Denys Vlasenko in 2012.

REPORTING BUGS
       Problems  with  strace-log-merge should be reported to the strace mailing list at <strace-de‐
       vel AT lists.io>.

SEE ALSO
       strace(1)



strace 5.16                                  2022-01-01                          STRACE-LOG-MERGE(1)
strace-log-merge(1)
NAME SYNOPSIS
strace-log-merge --help
DESCRIPTION OPTIONS EXIT STATUS
Non-zero
USAGE EXAMPLE NOTES
-ttt option in the respective strace invocation should solve the problem.
BUGS HISTORY REPORTING BUGS SEE ALSO

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