From: "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> If the user specifies an output file, and it is not the same as the input file, and the '-r' (repeat) option is not specified, there's no reason to append the '.1' to the output file name. Just use what the user specified. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-users/VE1PR09MB3535FFA94A0481583EF7992CF230A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ Suggested-by: Sharon Gabay <Sharon.Gabay@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- tracecmd/trace-split.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tracecmd/trace-split.c b/tracecmd/trace-split.c index 1daa847d9775..59df1d02b345 100644 --- a/tracecmd/trace-split.c +++ b/tracecmd/trace-split.c @@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ void trace_split (int argc, char **argv) if (!output) output = strdup(input_file); - if (!repeat) { + if (!repeat && strcmp(output, input_file) == 0) { output = realloc(output, strlen(output) + 3); strcat(output, ".1"); } -- 2.39.2