NAME

       seekwatcher - utility to visualize block I/O patterns

SYNOPSIS

       seekwatcher [options]

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
              show this help message and exit

       -d DEVICE, --device=DEVICE
              Device for blktrace

       -D BLKTRACE_DESTINATION, --blktrace-destination=BLKTRACE_DESTINATION
              Destination for blktrace

       -t TRACE, --trace=TRACE
              blktrace file

       -p PROG, --prog=PROG
              exec program

       --full-trace
              Don't filter blktrace events

       -a ADJUST, --adjust=ADJUST
              Adjust                                plot                               placement:
              left=0.125,right=0.79,bottom=0.1,top=0.9,wspace=0.2,hspace=0.8

       -c COLORS, --colors=COLORS
              List of colors to use in plot

       -C COLUMNS, --columns=COLUMNS
              Number of columns for subplots

       -z ZOOM, --zoom=ZOOM
              Zoom range min:max (in MB)

       -x XZOOM, --xzoom=XZOOM
              Time range min:max (seconds)

       -o OUTPUT, --output=OUTPUT
              output file

       -l LABEL, --label=LABEL
              label

       --dpi=DPI
              dpi

       --io-graph-dots=IO_GRAPH_DOTS
              Disk IO dot style

       --io-graph-marker-size=IO_GRAPH_MARKER_SIZE
              Disk IO dot size

       --io-graph-cell-multi=IO_GRAPH_CELL_MULTI
              Multiplier for cells

       -O ONLY_GRAPH, --only-graph=ONLY_GRAPH
              Add a single graph to the output (io, tput, seek, iops, stats)

       -N NO_GRAPH, --no-graph=NO_GRAPH
              Remove a single graph (io, tput, seek, iops, stats)

       -s, --only-io-graph-seeks
              Only plot seeks on the IO graph

       -r ROLLING_AVG, --rolling-avg=ROLLING_AVG
              Rolling average for seeks and throughput (in seconds)

       -i, --interactive
              Use matplotlib interactive

       --backend=BACKEND
              matplotlib backend (Qt4Agg, TkAgg, GTKAgg) case sensitive

       -T TITLE, --title=TITLE
              Graph Title

       -R, --reads-only
              Graph only reads

       -W, --writes-only
              Graph only writes

       -F FIGURE_SIZE, --figure-size=FIGURE_SIZE
              Figure size (8x6)

       -P, --tag-process
              Tag IO graph by process

       -M MERGE, --merge=MERGE
              Merge process pids for a process

       --legend=LEGEND
              Legend position 1.01,0.5

       --legend-columns=LEGEND_COLUMNS
              Legend columns

       -m, --movie
              Generate an IO movie

       --movie-frames=MOVIE_FRAMES
              Number of frames per second

       --movie-length=MOVIE_LENGTH
              Movie length in seconds

       --movie-cell-size=MOVIE_CELL_SIZE
              Size in pixels of the IO cells

       --movie-vbitrate=MOVIE_VBITRATE
              Mencoder vbitrate option (default 16000)

SEE ALSO

       Examples of usage in /usr/share/doc/seekwatcher/README.html