---
name: "chicken-profile"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "chicken"
version: "6.0.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/chicken-profile"
---

# chicken-profile(1)

generate a report from profile-information

## NAME

**chicken-profile** – generate a report from profile-information

## SYNOPSIS

**chicken-profile** \[*OPTION* *...*\] \[*FILENAME*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**chicken-profile** reads in profiling information generated by CHICKEN Scheme programs compiled with the **-profile** option, and generates a table listing function names and their execution times. *FILENAME* defaults to the ‘PROFILE.\<number\>’, selecting the one with the highest modification time, in case multiple profiles exist.

The program accepts following arguments:

- **-help**

  Show usage and exit.

- **-version**

  Show version and exit.

- **-decimals** *DDD*

  Set number of decimals for seconds, average and percent columns (three digits, default: 333).

- **-no-unused**

  Remove procedures that are never called.

- **-sort-by-avg**

  Sort output by average procedure execution time.

- **-sort-by-calls**

  Sort output by call frequency.

- **-sort-by-name**

  Sort output alpabetically by procedure name.

- **-sort-by-time**

  Sort output by procedure execution time.

- **-top** *N*

  Display only the top *N* entries.

## EXIT STATUS

The **chicken-profile** utility exits 0 on success, and \>0 if an error occurs.

## SEE ALSO

[chicken(1)](/chicken/1.md), [csc(1)](/csc/1.md)

More information can be found in the *CHICKEN User's Manual:* **http://wiki.call-cc.org/manual/index**.

## AUTHORS

The CHICKEN Team

## BUGS

Submit bug reports by e-mail to *chicken-janitors@nongnu.org*