Command-line profiling tools reference

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Command-line performance tools allow programmers to profile their applications at the command prompt. The following command-line profiling tools allow you to profile code at the command prompt.

In this section

Lists VSInstr.exe instrumentation options.

Lists warnings issued by VSInstr tool.

Lists VSPerfCLREnv.exe options to configure the environment for profiling managed code.

Lists VSPerfCmd.exe options for collecting performance data.

Lists VSPerfMon.exe options for gathering data collection.

Lists VSPerfReport.exe command-line options for creating reports.