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# Profiling on Linux
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Simple tips for software profiling using Linux.
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## Simple steps on using gprof:
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[gprof](http://www.cs.utah.edu/dept/old/texinfo/as/gprof.html) is a really efficient prototyping tool designed by Richard Stallman
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It is a total graal to exactly know where your bottlenecks are, and which parts of your software have to be optimized first!
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- Simply install gprof on your computer (for debian based distros).
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```bash
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$ sudo apt-get install gprof
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```
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- Compile your C code with the -pg option
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- Execute your program, just as usual
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You will see that a **gmon.out** file was created during the execution
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You can retrieve the results of profiling by running gprof:
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```bash
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$ gprof your_binary gmon.out >> saved_report
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```
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and then read the result
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```bash
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$ vim saved_report
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```
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