F Oracle Trace File Analyzer Command-Line and Shell Options

The Trace File Analyzer control utility, TFACTL, is the command-line interface for Oracle Trace File Analyzer.

TFACTL provides a command-line and shell interface to Oracle Trace File Analyzer commands for:

The tfactl commands that you can run depends on your access level.

You need root access or sudo access to tfactl to run administration commands.
Run a subset of commands as:
- An Oracle Database home owner or Oracle Grid Infrastructure home owner
- A member of OS DBA or ASM groups
You gain access to summary, analysis, and diagnostic collection functionality by running the commands as an Oracle Database home owner or Oracle Grid Infrastructure home owner.
To grant other users access to tfactl, run the tfactl access command.
To use tfactl as a command-line tool, run tfactl command [options].
To use tfactl as a shell interface, run tfactl. Once the shell starts enter commands as needed.
```
$ tfactl

tfactl>
```
Append the -help option to any of the tfactl commands to obtain command-specific help.
```
$ tfactl command -help
```

Running Administration Commands
You need root access to tfactl or sudo access to run all administration commands.
Running Summary and Analysis Commands
Use the summary and analysis commands to view the summary of Oracle Trace File Analyzer deployment, changes detected, events detected by Oracle Trace File Analyzer, and the tool status.
Running Diagnostic Collection Commands
Run the diagnostic collection commands to collect diagnostic data.