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include::intel-hybrid.txt[]
+JSON FORMAT
+-----------
+
+With -j, perf stat is able to print out a JSON format output
+that can be used for parsing.
+
+- timestamp : optional usec time stamp in fractions of second (with -I)
+- optional aggregate options:
+ - core : core identifier (with --per-core)
+ - die : die identifier (with --per-die)
+ - socket : socket identifier (with --per-socket)
+ - node : node identifier (with --per-node)
+ - thread : thread identifier (with --per-thread)
+- counter-value : counter value
+- unit : unit of the counter value or empty
+- event : event name
+- variance : optional variance if multiple values are collected (with -r)
+- runtime : run time of counter
+- metric-value : optional metric value
+- metric-unit : optional unit of metric
+
SEE ALSO
--------
linkperf:perf-top[1], linkperf:perf-list[1]