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NFPROFILE(1) General Commands Manual NFPROFILE(1)

NAME

nfprofilenetflow profiler

SYNOPSIS

nfprofile [-hV] [-DIpPifjrLMStVyzZ params]

DESCRIPTION

nfprofile is the netflow profiler program for NfSen. It reads netflow data from files stored by nfcapd(1) and creates the corresponding output files for every channel required by a profile configuration.

This program is normally run only by NfSen, not directly by users.

A profile is defined by a configuration file, which specifies channels, sources, and filters for the data to be extracted and summarized.

nfprofile processes the data according to the profile configuration, and writes the output files to the specified directory for further processing or visualization.

The options are as follows:

Print help text to stdout and exit.
Print nfprofile version and exit.
profile data directory
Specify the profile data directory
statdir
Specify the profile stat directory

RETURN VALUES

nfprofile returns 0 on success and 255 otherwise.

NOTES

This program is intended to be run by NfSen. Direct invocation is not recommended unless you know exactly how to configure profiles and their directories.

SEE ALSO

nfcapd(1), nfdump(1), nfreplay(1)

BUGS

No software without bugs! Please report any bugs back to me.

December 18, 2025 Linux 6.4.0-150700.53.22-default