= babeltrace2-filter.utils.trimmer(7)
:manpagetype: component class
:revdate: 14 September 2019


== NAME

babeltrace2-filter.utils.trimmer - Babeltrace 2's trimmer filter
component class


== DESCRIPTION

A Babeltrace~2 compcls:filter.utils.trimmer message iterator
discards all the consumed messages with a time less than a given
beginning time and greater than a given end time. It effectively
``cuts'', or trims trace streams.

----
            +-------------------+
            | flt.utils.trimmer |
            |                   |
Messages -->@ in            out @--> Less messages
            +-------------------+
----

include::common-see-babeltrace2-intro.txt[]

A compcls:filter.utils.trimmer message iterator makes its upstream
message iterator seek the configured beginning time (see the param:begin
parameter) before it starts to consume messages. This seeking operation
can have an effect on the times of stream beginning, packet beginning,
discarded events, and discarded packets messages so that they fall
within the configured trimming time range.

As such, when a compcls:filter.utils.trimmer message iterator consumes a
message of which the time is greater than the configured end time (see
the param:end parameter), it can alter the time of stream end, packet
end, discarded events, and discarded packets messages so that they fall
within the configured trimming time range.

A compcls:filter.utils.trimmer message iterator requires that all the
upstream messages it consumes have times, except for stream beginning
and end messages, returning an error status otherwise.


== INITIALIZATION PARAMETERS

param:begin='TIME' vtype:[optional string or signed integer]::
    Set the trimming time range's beginning time to 'TIME'.
+
If 'TIME' is a string, see below for its format. If 'TIME' is a signed
integer, the component converts it to a string and treats it as such.
+
If you don't specify this parameter, the component discards no events
until the end of the trimming time range.
+
The format of 'TIME' when it's a string is one of:
+
--
include::common-trimmer-time-format.txt[]
--
+
If 'TIME' has no date information, then the message iterator uses the
first upstream message's time to determine the date.

param:end='TIME' vtype:[optional string or signed integer]::
    Set the trimming time range's end time to 'TIME'.
+
If 'TIME' is a string, see the param:begin parameter for its format. If
'TIME' is a signed integer, the component converts it to a string and
treats it as such.
+
If you don't specify this parameter, the component discards no events
from the beginning of the trimming time range.

param:gmt=`yes` vtype:[optional boolean]::
    Set the time zone of the param:begin and param:end parameters
    to GMT instead of the local time zone.


== PORTS

----
+-------------------+
| flt.utils.trimmer |
|                   |
@ in            out @
+-------------------+
----


=== Input

`in`::
    Single input port.


=== Output

`out`::
    Single output port.


include::common-footer.txt[]


== SEE ALSO

man:babeltrace2-intro(7),
man:babeltrace2-plugin-utils(7)
