---
name: "bootchart"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "bootchart-view"
version: "0.10~svn407-4.1~deb7u1"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/bootchart"
---

# bootchart(1)

render a chart from the statistical data recorded with bootchartd

## NAME

bootchart - render a chart from the statistical data recorded with **bootchartd**

## SYNOPSIS

**bootchart \[-f\|--format *FORMAT*\] \[-n\|--no-prune\] \[-o\|--output-dir** ***DIR*\] *files* ...**

## DESCRIPTION

bootchart is used to process the log file created by **[bootchartd(1)](/bootchartd/1.md)** (*/var/log/bootchart.tgz* by default).  bootchart builds the process tree and renders a performance chart in different formats.  The chart may then be analyzed to examine process dependency and overall resource utilization.

## OPTIONS

- **-f,--format *FORMAT***

  Sets the format of the image. Possible values are: png, eps, svg (default)

- **-h, --help**

  Display brief usage message.

- **-n, --no-prune**

  Do not prune the process tree.  To make the resulting process tree more comprehensible, bootchart will prune the tree using various techniques (removing short-lived processes, merging processes, etc.).  This option disables such behavior.

- **-o, --output-dir *DIR***

  Sets the output directory for the resulting image. (default: .)

- **-v, --version**

  Show program version.

## FILES

- /var/log/bootchart.tgz

  the default log file to parse (unless otherwise specified).

## SEE ALSO

[**bootchartd**(1)](/bootchartd/1.md)

## AUTHOR

bootchart was written by Ziga Mahkovec \<ziga.mahkovec@klika.si\>.

This manual page was written by Jörg Sommer \<joerg@alea.gnuu.de\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).