---
name: "kprof"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "kprof"
version: "1.4.3-10"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/kprof"
---

# kprof(1)

a KDE3 visual tool to help analyze profiling results

## NAME

kprof - a KDE3 visual tool to help analyze profiling results

## SYNOPSIS

**kprof** \[ *generic-options* \] \[ **-f** *file* \] \[ **-p** *profiler* \]

## DESCRIPTION

**KProf** is a visual tool for developers that displays the execution profiling output generated by code profiling tools. The output of gprof being usually difficult to read (beyond the flat profile information), KProf presents the information in list- or tree-views that make the execution profiling information very easy to understand.

Currently supported profilers include GNU gprof, Function Check and Palm OS Emulator with profile option.

## OPTIONS

Below are the kprof-specific options. For a full summary of options, run *kprof --help*.

- **-f** *file*

  Open the given profiling output file.

- **-p** *profiler*

  Specifies which profiler was used to create the profiling output file. The profiler argument must be one of *gprof* (GNU gprof), *fnccheck* (Function Check) or *pose* (Palm OS Emulator).

## SEE ALSO

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

Full user documentation is available through the KDE Help Centre. You can also enter the URL *help:/kprof/* directly into konqueror or you can run \`*khelpcenter help:/kprof/*' from the command-line.

If the KDE Help Centre is not installed then you can read this documentation in HTML format from */usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/kprof/*.

## AUTHOR

KProf was written by Florent Pillet \<florent.pillet@wanadoo.fr\> with help from others.\
 This manual page was written by Ben Burton \<bab@debian.org\> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).