---
name: "fstrace_help"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "openafs-client"
version: "1.8.13.2-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/fstrace_help"
---

# fstrace\_help(8)

Displays help for fstrace commands

## NAME

fstrace\_help - Displays help for fstrace commands

## SYNOPSIS

**fstrace help** \[**-topic** \<*help string*\>+\] \[**-help**\]

**fstrace h** \[**-t** \<*help string*\>+\] \[**-h**\]

## DESCRIPTION

The **fstrace help** command displays the complete online help entry (short description and syntax statement) for each command operation code specified by the **-topic** argument. If the **-topic** argument is omitted, the output includes the first line (name and short description) of the online help entry for every **fstrace** command.

To list every fstrace command whose name or short description includes a specified keyword, use the **fstrace apropos** command.

## OPTIONS

- **-topic** \<*help string*\>+

  Indicates each command for which to display the complete online help entry. Omit the **fstrace** part of the command name, providing only the operation code (for example, specify **clear**, not **fstrace clear**). If this argument is omitted, the output briefly describes every **fstrace** command.

- **-help**

  Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored.

## OUTPUT

The online help entry for each **fstrace** command consists of two or three lines:

- •

  The first line names the command and briefly describes its function.

- •

  The second line lists aliases for the command, if any.

- •

  The final line, which begins with the string `"Usage"`, lists the command's options in the prescribed order. Online help entries use the same symbols (for example, brackets) as the reference pages in this document.

## EXAMPLES

The following command displays the online help entry for the **fstrace** **setset** command:

```
   % fstrace help -topic setset
   fstrace setset: set state of event sets
   Usage: fstrace setset [-set <set_name>+] [-active] [-inactive]
   [-dormant] [-help]
```

## PRIVILEGE REQUIRED

None

## SEE ALSO

[**fstrace**(8)](/fstrace/8.md), [**fstrace\_apropos**(8)](/fstrace_apropos/8.md)

## COPYRIGHT

IBM Corporation 2000. \<http://www.ibm.com/\> All Rights Reserved.

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