SADF(1) Linux User's Manual SADF(1)NAMEsadf - Display data collected by sar in multiple formats.
SYNOPSISsadf [ -d | -p | -x ] [ -C ] [ -H ] [ -h ] [ -T ] [ -t ] [ -V ] [ -P {
cpu [,...] | ALL } ] [ -s [ hh:mm:ss ] ] [ -e [ hh:mm:ss ] ] [ --
sar_options ] [ interval [ count ] ] [ datafile ]
DESCRIPTION
The sadf command is used for displaying the contents of data files cre‐
ated by the sar(1) command. But unlike sar, sadf can write its data in
many different formats (CSV, XML, etc.) The default format is one that
can easily be handled by pattern processing commands like awk (see
option -p).
The sadf command extracts and writes to standard output records saved
in the datafile file. This file must have been created by a version of
sar which is compatible with that of sadf. If datafile is omitted,
sadf uses the standard system activity file, the /var/log/sa/sadd file,
where the dd parameter indicates the current day.
The interval and count parameters are used to tell sadf to select count
records at interval seconds apart. If the count parameter is not set,
then all the records saved in the data file will be displayed.
All the activity flags of sar may be entered on the command line to
indicate which activities are to be reported. Before specifying them,
put a pair of dashes (--) on the command line in order not to confuse
the flags with those of sadf. Not specifying any flags selects only
CPU activity.
OPTIONS-C Tell sadf to display comments present in file.
-d Print the contents of the data file in a format that can easily
be ingested by a relational database system. The output consists
of fields separated by a semicolon. Each record contains the
hostname of the host where the file was created, the interval
value (or -1 if not applicable), the timestamp in a form easily
acceptable by most databases, and additional semicolon separated
data fields as specified by sar_options command line options.
Note that timestamp output can be controlled by options -T and
-t.
-e [ hh:mm:ss ]
Set the ending time of the report, given in local time. The
default ending time is 18:00:00. Hours must be given in 24-hour
format.
-H Display only the header of the report (when applicable). If no
format has been specified, then the header of the data file is
displayed.
-h When used in conjunction with option -d, all activities will be
displayed horizontally on a single line.
-P { cpu [,...] | ALL }
Tell sadf that processor dependent statistics are to be reported
only for the specified processor or processors. Specifying the
ALL keyword reports statistics for each individual processor,
and globally for all processors. Note that processor 0 is the
first processor.
-p Print the contents of the data file in a format that can easily
be handled by pattern processing commands like awk. The output
consists of fields separated by a tab. Each record contains the
hostname of the host where the file was created, the interval
value (or -1 if not applicable), the timestamp, the device name
(or - if not applicable), the field name and its value. Note
that timestamp output can be controlled by options -T and -t.
-s [ hh:mm:ss ]
Set the starting time of the data (given in local time), causing
the sadf command to extract records time-tagged at, or follow‐
ing, the time specified. The default starting time is 08:00:00.
Hours must be given in 24-hour format.
-T Display timestamp (UTC - Coordinated Universal Time) in seconds
from the epoch.
-t Display timestamp in local time instead of UTC (Coordinated Uni‐
versal Time).
-V Print version number then exit.
-x Print the contents of the data file in XML format. Timestamps
can be controlled by option -t. The corresponding DTD (Document
Type Definition) and XML Schema are included in the sysstat
source package. They are also available at http://pagesperso-
orange.fr/sebastien.godard/download.html
ENVIRONMENT
The sadf command takes into account the following environment variable:
S_TIME_DEF_TIME
If this variable exists and its value is UTC then sadf will use
UTC time instead of local time to determine the current daily
data file located in the /var/log/sa directory.
EXAMPLESsadf-d /var/log/sa/sa21 -- -r -n DEV
Extract memory, swap space and network statistics from system
activity file 'sa21', and display them in a format that can be
ingested by a database.
sadf-p -P 1
Extract CPU statistics for processor 1 (the second processor)
from current daily data file, and display them in a format that
can easily be handled by a pattern processing command.
FILES
/var/log/sa/sadd
Indicate the daily data file, where the dd parameter is a number
representing the day of the month.
AUTHOR
Sebastien Godard (sysstat <at> orange.fr)
SEE ALSOsar(1), sadc(8), sa1(8), sa2(8)
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/sebastien.godard/
Linux AUGUST 2011 SADF(1)
