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Subject[PATCH 1/4] perf tools: Reformat record's control fd man text
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Adding available control commands in separate paragraph,
so it's more readable and easier to add new commands.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 16 +++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 768888b9326a..f896c4b791e1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -634,11 +634,17 @@ endif::HAVE_LIBPFM[]
--control=fifo:ctl-fifo[,ack-fifo]::
--control=fd:ctl-fd[,ack-fd]::
ctl-fifo / ack-fifo are opened and used as ctl-fd / ack-fd as follows.
-Listen on ctl-fd descriptor for command to control measurement ('enable': enable events,
-'disable': disable events, 'snapshot': AUX area tracing snapshot). Measurements can be
-started with events disabled using --delay=-1 option. Optionally send control command
-completion ('ack\n') to ack-fd descriptor to synchronize with the controlling process.
-Example of bash shell script to enable and disable events during measurements:
+Listen on ctl-fd descriptor for command to control measurement.
+
+Available commands:
+ 'enable' : enable events
+ 'disable' : disable events
+ 'snapshot': AUX area tracing snapshot).
+
+Measurements can be started with events disabled using --delay=-1 option. Optionally
+send control command completion ('ack\n') to ack-fd descriptor to synchronize with the
+controlling process. Example of bash shell script to enable and disable events during
+measurements:

#!/bin/bash

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