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Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2025 08:28:31 +0100
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
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* Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> wrote:

> > 3)
> > 
> > It would also be nice to be able to Ctrl-C out of a 'perf top' instance 
> > that freezes the output or so. Or prints a snapshot in ASCII. Anything 
> > but what it does currently: it just exits and clears the xterm screen 
> > of all useful information...
> > 
> > I have to use 'f' (how many people know about that feature?) and copy & 
> > paste anything interesting from the screen the hard way.
> 
> Actually I was not aware of 'f' key. :)  I think you can use 'P' to save
> the current screen to a file.

And I was not aware of the 'P' key. :-)

Would be nice if it also printed column and meta information, i.e. if 
it included these lines:

  Samples: 1M of event 'cycles:P', 4000 Hz, Event count (approx.): 758731362801 lost: 0/0 drop: 0/0
  Overhead  Shared Object            Symbol

or so?

BTW., the approximate 'event count' is a pretty uninformative value 
these days, right? Might as well not clutter the screen with it.

Thanks,

	Ingo