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/usr/bin/ocamlprof

The core OCaml system: compilers, runtime system, base libraries

From ocaml 5.5.2-r0 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running ocamlprof --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage: ocamlprof <options> <files>
Options are:
  -f <file>     Use <file> as dump file (default ocamlprof.dump)
  -F <s>        Insert string <s> with the counts
  -impl <file>  Process <file> as a .ml file
  -instrument   (undocumented)
  -intf <file>  Process <file> as a .mli file
  -keywords <version+keywords> Specify keyword set.
  -m <flags>    (undocumented)
  -version      Print version and exit
  -vnum         Print version number and exit
  -args <file> Read additional newline separated command line arguments
      from <file>
  -args0 <file> Read additional NUL separated command line arguments from
      <file>
  -help  Display this list of options
  --help  Display this list of options
Options (11)
OptionDescriptionSource
-f fileSpecifies an alternate dump file of profiling information.help + man
-F sSpecifies an additional string to be output with profiling information.help + man
-impl fileCompile the file filename as an implementation file, even if its extension is not .ml.help + man
-instrument(undocumented)help
-intf fileCompile the file filename as an interface file, even if its extension is not .mli.help + man
-m flags(undocumented)help
-versionPrint version string and exit.help + man
-vnumPrint short version number and exit.help + man
-helpDisplay a short usage summary and exit.help + man
--helpDisplay this list of optionshelp
-keywords version+listSet keywords according to the version+list specification. (in the manual page but not in --help)man

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