#!/usr/bin/perl -i # # This script converts all numbers that look like addresses or memory sizes, # in a debug files generated by --debug (like mysqld --debug-dbug), to #. # The script also deletes all thread id's from the start of the line. # This allows you to easily compare the files (for example with diff) # to find out what changes between different executions. # This is extremely useful for comparing two mysqld versions to see # why things now work differently. # The script converts the files in place. # # Typical usage: # # convert-debug-for-diff /tmp/mysqld.trace /tmp/mysqld-old.trace # diff /tmp/mysqld.trace /tmp/mysqld-old.trace while (<>) { s/^T@[0-9]+\s*://g; s/0x[0-9a-f]+(\s|\n|\))/#$1/g; s/size: [0-9]+/size: #/g; print $_; }