From 209fcdad91f4d18b87e19787a6c6919fc4c2c191 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Muhammad Falak R Wani <falakreyaz@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 23:14:29 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] perf: add page (#1556)

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+# perf
+
+> Framework for linux performance counter measurements.
+
+- Gather basic performance counter stats for a command:
+
+`perf stat {{command}}`
+
+- Display system-wide real time performance counter profile:
+
+`sudo perf top`
+
+- Run a command and record its profile into perf.data:
+
+`sudo perf record {{command}}`
+
+- Read perf.data (created by perf record) and display the profile:
+
+`sudo perf report`